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Mayans Sacrificed Boys—Not Virgin Girls

Mexican archaeologist brings up surprising new evidence

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 23, 2008 11:16 AM CST

(Newser) – The human sacrifices offered up to the Mayan gods in Pre-Columbian Mexico were likely boys and young men, not virgin girls, Reuters reports. A Mexican archaeologist has ventured into the sacred sinkholes of Chichen Itza to recover bones from 127 bodies, and discovered that more...   Read full story »

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