This May 10, 2011, photo provided by National Geographic shows that the face of this child was painted with a red cinnabar-based pigment, at the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site near Trujillo, Peru.
CNN: Largest child sacrifice in history discovered in Peru
Scientists have unearthed a dark secret in Peru.
The skeletal remains of more than 140 children and 200 baby llamas were found on the country's northern coast. It may be evidence of the largest child sacrifice in history, according to an exclusive report by National Geographic, released Thursday on its website. The remains of a man and two women were also found.
The sacrifices are believed to have taken place 550 years ago in the pre-Columbian Chimú Empire, in a sacrificial site formerly known as Huanchaquito-Las Llamas, close to a UNESCO World Heritage site of Chan Chan, in the modern town of Trujillo.
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The walled fort at Sandby Borg
BBC: Largest child sacrifice in history discovered in Peru
Swedish archaeologists have found evidence of a 5th century massacre on the south-eastern island of Oland.
In a paper published in the journal Antiquity, the team writes about the 1,500 year old attack at Sandby borg.
Dozens of corpses have been found in the walled fort, their bodies left to rot where they fell.
All of the victims were killed with "brutal force", team leader Helena Victor said. Some victims were found inside houses, others in the streets.
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