06-02-2022, 10:28 AM
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien...92447.html
Inca children who were chosen to be ritually sacrificed were drugged so that they remained calm before their death, a new study of ancient hair and fingernail samples has confirmed.
Earlier studies have found that ritual human sacrifice, known as capacocha, was a common practice in the ancient Incan society carried out by priests hoping to control the population.
Sacrifices were generally conducted in the Incan society to celebrate major events like the birth of a royal, or a battle victory, said the international team of scientists, including those from Peru, Poland, and the US.
In the new study, published recently in the Journal of Archaeological Science, researchers conducted toxicological analysis of two individuals – aged six or seven – who were immolated over 500 years ago during a capacocha ritual on the mountain of Ampato in southern Peru.
Wow . I was well aware that some of these Mesoamerican civilizations practised widespread human sacrifice (the Aztecs were famous for it, even more so than the Incas) - but I didn't know they went this far.
I'd love to be able to understand how everybody was basically okay with it back then.. but, I just can't. I'm unable to do those mental gymnastics .
Inca children who were chosen to be ritually sacrificed were drugged so that they remained calm before their death, a new study of ancient hair and fingernail samples has confirmed.
Earlier studies have found that ritual human sacrifice, known as capacocha, was a common practice in the ancient Incan society carried out by priests hoping to control the population.
Sacrifices were generally conducted in the Incan society to celebrate major events like the birth of a royal, or a battle victory, said the international team of scientists, including those from Peru, Poland, and the US.
In the new study, published recently in the Journal of Archaeological Science, researchers conducted toxicological analysis of two individuals – aged six or seven – who were immolated over 500 years ago during a capacocha ritual on the mountain of Ampato in southern Peru.
Wow . I was well aware that some of these Mesoamerican civilizations practised widespread human sacrifice (the Aztecs were famous for it, even more so than the Incas) - but I didn't know they went this far.
I'd love to be able to understand how everybody was basically okay with it back then.. but, I just can't. I'm unable to do those mental gymnastics .
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