In total, the remains of 302 human sacrifices at a young age of life were found in this area.
In the city of Pampa la Cruz in Peru, 76 child sacrifices of the Chimu culture were discovered. The remains were discovered at a site located in a remote area of Huanchaco, about 305 km north of Lima, Ancient Origins wrote.
It is noted that the Site of Pampa la Cruz is a large archaeological site of the pre-Inca Chimu culture, where many child sacrifices, adult tombs and countless artifacts have been discovered.
The first mass grave of children discovered at this site led to the emergence of many more. In fact, child sacrifice seems to be a kind of routine practice among the Chimú.
“This is the largest place where the remains of sacrificed children are found. There is nothing like it anywhere in the world. It is unstoppable, this thing with children. Where you dig, there is another,” said the researcher
In 2018, archaeologists reported the discovery of the remains of 140 children and 200 llamas from Huanchaquito.
“The marks on the bones suggest that the children were led, perhaps from Chan Chan, to meet their terrible end in these many sacrifices made to appease the gods when the heavy rains of El Niño causes floods.
Child sacrifice is thought to have taken place around 1050 AD. Children are buried with their feet in the east and their heads in the west. In this position, they will have the Pacific Ocean and face the sunrise.
As is known, the Chimu culture flourished in the strip of desert on the northern coast of Peru from about 900 to 1470 AD. The Chimú, with its capital at Chan Chan, had the largest and most important political system in pre-Inca Peru. It is mainly based on agriculture. So, people created a huge network of hydraulic channels that brought water from the mountains to farms, palaces and temples.
In addition, the Chimu also produced unusual textiles and objects made of gold, silver, and bronze. Chimu society is highly stratified, from peasants at the bottom to nobles at the top.
Recall that earlier researchers from Curtin University found a heart next to a separate fossilized stomach, intestine and liver of a fish. Its age reaches 380 million years.
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