Hearts Ripped from 140 Children and 200 Llamas in Largest Child Sacrifice in Ancient World

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 14:10 in Psychology & Sociology

The largest child sacrifice on record took place after a torrential rainfall, when about 140 children and 200 young llamas likely had their hearts ripped out by the ancient Chimú culture in A.D. 1450, in what is now Peru.

Read the whole article on Live Science

More from Live Science

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net