Ancient Americans Sacrificed ‘Chosen Children’ At Volcano Shrines In One Of History’s Most Haunting Rituals High-altitude landscapes had various spiritual significance for many cultures as they served ...

Carhua was a ten-year old Inca child whose father offered her to the Inca Emperor as a Capacocha sacrifice. She was taken by priests to Cuzco where she met the Inca Emperor, and on her return ...

Many theories exist about why the Incas performed ritual ceremonies, which sometimes included human sacrifices, at elevations approaching 23,000 feet. Most scholars agree that the purpose of the ...

The girl was only 13 years old when she was sacrificed to the gods but had been frozen in time for hundreds of years when a ...

The Capacocha sacrifices began in the Inca capital of Cusco and were preceded by a procession that could last many months before reaching provincial sanctuaries and mountain or volcanic summits.

How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues. How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues. This ancient society tried to stop El Niño—with child sacrifice ...

As in all societies, planting and harvesting are accompanied by rituals and offerings to the gods, and with the Inca this often involved sacrifice of living beings, from guinea pigs to the ...

As in all societies, planting and harvesting are accompanied by rituals and offerings to the gods, and with the Inca this often involved sacrifice of living beings, from guinea pigs to the ...