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Forensic analysis of frozen Inca mummies reveals that sacrificed children were plied with coca leaves, corn beer and ayahuasca compounds before death
The capacocha was one of the most sacred ceremonies of the Inca Empire, involving the sacrifice of children on the ...
Children in the Inca Empire were drugged with coca leaves, corn beer and poisonous plants before they were sacrificed, ...
A new Antiquity study of eight Inca mummies finds the substances given to sacrificed children varied by site, from coca and corn beer to a psychoactive plant.
In the final month of her life, an eight-year-old girl in the Inca Empire appears to have consumed alcohol while chewing coca ...
New toxicology tests of Incan mummies found the kids were given not just cocaine, but alcohol and chemicals found in ...
Archaeologists have performed toxicological analysis on the mummified remains of people sacrificed at mountain shrines across ...
Women and children may have been plied with cocaine, alcohol and psychoactive drugs before they were brutally sacrificed by ...
Known for their impressive fortifications, terraces, and royal residences—including Machu Picchu—the Inca Empire dominated the Urubamba River Basin in the 15th century until its untimely demise.
The great Inca Empire is survived by its legacy in economics, science, art, religion, and—an add-on to the last two—sacrificial rituals. According to a new study, these holy proceedings also included ...
Last time, we learned about the spread of ancient civilizations.Today, we will look at the indigenous civilizations that flourished on the other side of the Atlantic, in Central and South America.When ...
In many regions in the Andes, where the Inca Empire once flourished, mummies are frequently discovered. It has become clear that there was a mummy culture unlike any other seen in the world. Why did ...
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