Incan Child Sacrifices
Many writers have covered ancient Incan sacrifices, but the exact method of sacrifice was never fully understood – until three mummies were found in Argentina in 1999. The perfectly preserved bodies of three children, aged 4, 5, and 13, gave researchers the chance to study them in detail. Forensic tests showed that the children were given large amounts of maize beer and coca leaf before their death. Archaeologists assume the children were drugged until they passed out, then left to die on the mountaintop.