INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Archaeologists in Peru have found evidence of the biggest-ever sacrifice of children, uncovering the remains of more than 140 youngsters who
located on top of a cliff facing the Pacific Ocean in La Libertad, a northern region where the Chimu civilization arose, an ancient
colonial-era Spanish chronicles and documented in modern scientific excavations, the discovery of a large-scale child sacrifice event in the
investigations were carried out by an international team led by National Geographic's Peruvian explorer Gabriel Prieto, of the National
"the largest single incident of mass child sacrifice in the Americas -- and likely in world history."I, for one, never expected it," Verano
the time the excavations had finished five years later, they had uncovered more than 140 sets of child remains and 200 juvenile llamas, as
well as rope and textiles dating to between 1400 and 1450.Located about 300 meters above sea level, the site is in the middle of a cluster
