Inka sacrifice!

Although we were inspired by our inka trek, we were also horrified to learn about the practice of Inkan child sacrifice. In 1995 three mummified children, thought to be obout 500 years old were found in Argentina. Their remarkable state of preservation and the art of forensics have shed new light on the ancient lives of the Inkas. Healthy children aged between 6 to 15 were taken from their villages as sacrifices to be performed after important events or to combat famine or drought. They were dressed in fine clothes and fatten like the lamb to the slaughter. They lived with priestesses and were guests of honor at banquets held by the Emperor. When the call came they were taken to the sacred sites for sacrifice. They were drugged and plied with alcohol until they were in a stupor or unconscious.  They were then strangled or bludgeoned to the head and left to die of exposure.