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Dozens of Sacrificed Girls Found at Inca Site

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(Newser) – Dozens of carefully buried human sacrifices have been found in a coastal Inca site in Peru, reports the Telegraph. Most of the dead are teenage girls, and one appears to have been pregnant. The bodies, which still contain skin and hair, all bear signs of knife slashes along the neck. It's extremely rare to find so many bodies at one site. Human sacrifice was common in the Incan culture that thrived before the Spanish arrived in what is now South America.

Peru's famous Machu Picchu site was once the capital city of the Incas, who thrived before the Spanish arrived in what is now South America in the Middle Ages.
Peru's famous Machu Picchu site was once the capital city of the Incas, who thrived before the Spanish arrived in what is now South America in the Middle Ages.   (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
The Incas' capital city is perched on a breathtaking Peruvian mountain.
The Incas' capital city is perched on a breathtaking Peruvian mountain.   (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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Sniffer
Jun 5, 09 4:01 AM CDT
Oh yes - the "Enlightened Incas" such a "Superior Race" .....of Murderers. Reply
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Citrixguy
Jun 5, 09 6:38 AM CDT
every religion murders...some more than others all of them are wrong
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Robert_Dada
Jun 5, 09 5:11 PM CDT
So Citrix, when Sarah Palin was quoted as saying, "our national leaders, are sending them (armed forces) out on a task that is from God,"... you called her out on that right and decried the slaughter of innocent civilians in this Holy War. Am I correct on that?
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riffran
Jun 5, 09 4:57 AM CDT
That whole area is rich with relics of highly developed developed society, albeit a very cruel one in some aspects....The ruins at Tulum and X-pu ha, are awsome Reply
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JonmarkP
Jun 5, 09 11:17 AM CDT
Maybe these teenagers were "liberals" and deserved to die at the hands of a priest. Reply
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