> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Lynda & James Sánchez <diamond...@pvtnetworks.net> > Subject: [SWR] Peruvian Caves found by satellite imagery reveal last Inca > Empire sacrifices in remote Andes > Date: October 30, 2015 at 5:10:38 AM CDT > To: SWR Cavers <s...@caver.net> > Reply-To: Lynda & James Sánchez <diamond...@pvtnetworks.net> > > FYI, Lynda > > > From: MICHAEL RUGGERI > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 3:55 PM > To: nm-arc...@list.unm.edu > Subject: [NM-ARCH-L] Inca Mountain Sanctuary Used for Child Sacrifice > Uncovered > > [This is a nm-arch-l posting. Do not simply "reply" to sender.] > > October 29, 2015 > > Inca Mountain Sanctuary Used for Child Sacrifice Uncovered > > An Inca mountain sanctuary used to sacrifice children to the gods has been > discovered in the Vilcamba mountains near Cusco. They also found a cave > system used as a necropolis to bury the sacrificed. The site dates to > 1471-1493 CE. At this time in Inca history, children were sacrificed in > times of drought and natural disaster, in hopes the gods would bring relief. > Children were also sacrificed upon the death of a king. The ceremony was > called Capacocha. Unblemished children were selected, married, returned to > their local communities, before being sacrificed to the Llullaillaco > Volcano. The team has found 50 structures. The site was found using > satellite imagery and local stories. Rectangular buildings called kanchas, > surrounded by other buildings have been found there. The site may be part of > the legendary Kingdom of Vilcabamba, the last Inca nation. > > The Daily Mail has the story with their usual excellent photos of the find. > They are the best in the business for archaeology news photos; > http://dailym.ai/1RbCSHH > > Mike Ruggeri’s Ancient Andean News on Tumblr > http://mikeruggerisancientandeannews.tumblr.com > > Mike Ruggeri's Ancient Andean News Magazine > http://bit.ly/1KJvVt1 > > > _______________________________________________ > SWR mailing list > s...@caver.net > http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET. > Remember when you are replying to a message, you are replying to ALL on this > list. This a default setting. If you want to reply to the individual sender > then click reply, go delete the name out of the To: field and insert who you > want to reply to. Of course, you have to know the email address of the > person you are wanting to reply to.
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