The Dark Truth Behind the Recovery of a 500-Year-Old Mummy

Subsequent Offerings

After the child died, the Inca priests would return to the site several times and leave offerings of coca leaves. Other times, they'd leave a miniature figurine of the child as a sign of respect. Those are telltale clues that modern archaeologists use to look for burial sites...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.