The site, located near the city of Trujillo, also contained the remains of 200 young llamas apparently sacrificed on the same day. It is thought the children were sacrificed as floods caused by the El Niño weather pattern ravaged the Peruvian coastline. The small footprints indicate the children were marched to their deaths from Chan Chan, an ancient city 1.5km (one mile) from Las Llamas, he said. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The skeleton of a child found in the Las Llamas site in northern Peru. Quilter said the site provides “concrete evidence” that large-scale sacrifices of children occurred in ancient Peru.

Source: The Guardian April 28, 2018 01:41 UTC