Skeleton found on site, potentially victim of a human sacrifice.
During the excavation of a temple in Peru, a group of archaeologist found the remains with 2,300 years of more than a dozen people – some of whom showed evidence of human sacrifice.
Human sacrifices with 2,300 years Recently were found near an old temple in Peru.
One of August, archaeologists pointed to “some rare characteristics” of the skeletons, with which they were amazed. The bodies had String in the neck and hands tied on the back.
“The way they were placed in the tomb is strange. They were positioned“ with the guys facing the floorin what is an unusual burial pattern throughout the Andean prehistory, ”the investigation leader told Henry Tontaleán.
As the archeology teacher at the National University of San Marcos, several of the people had detailed cranial fractures And some had strings around their neck and their hands tied behind their backs.
These discoveries suggest that the individuals were sacrificed. However, “they were not accompanied by any offering or funeral estate, which is also unusual,” said Tantaleán.
The team discovered the burials near the Puémape temple complex, on the northwest coast of Peru. The temple is about 3,000 years old, but the burials date from a later period, approximately 400 e 200 a.C..
According to archaeologists, the temple may have been abandoned before human sacrifices were performed. “They would have been a sacrifice offered to this old place of worship,” said Tantaleán.
