In some Ancient Cultures, when times were tough, human sacrifices were made to appease the gods. So to hell with sitting around saving our pennies, all we need to do to escape the GFC is knock off a few millionaires/CEO/Media Moguls and all will be right in the world again.
Okay, maybe not. So you can all return the people you’ve kidnapped back to their families, no arguments!
Anyway, on the subject of sacrifice research in Peru has revealed a mass grave of 33 mummies from the site of Chotuna Huaca, recovered earlier this year. Reports suggest most of the mummified remains were wonderfully preserved, with even hair and teeth surviving.
While sacrifice was not an uncommon event in Andean pre-Hispanic civilisations, archaeologists and anthropologists are puzzled by the huge number of victims which appear to have been killed simultaneously, a phenomena not yet observed in the region.
Further puzzling is that the remains belong to young females, some being no more than nine years old. Preliminary theories suggest the victims were probably sacrificed to bring fertility to farmlands.
Okay, maybe not. So you can all return the people you’ve kidnapped back to their families, no arguments!
Anyway, on the subject of sacrifice research in Peru has revealed a mass grave of 33 mummies from the site of Chotuna Huaca, recovered earlier this year. Reports suggest most of the mummified remains were wonderfully preserved, with even hair and teeth surviving.
While sacrifice was not an uncommon event in Andean pre-Hispanic civilisations, archaeologists and anthropologists are puzzled by the huge number of victims which appear to have been killed simultaneously, a phenomena not yet observed in the region.
Further puzzling is that the remains belong to young females, some being no more than nine years old. Preliminary theories suggest the victims were probably sacrificed to bring fertility to farmlands.
