Encuentran reliquias Incas en Cusco y Lambayeque

Inca Relics found at Cusco and Lambayeque

Associated PressPublished: September 11, 2008


Cusco, Peru--Peru archaeologists say they have found the lower jawbone of a fetus among the remains of a sacrificed woman in a pre-Inca tomb in northern Peru, suggesting the Lambayeque practiced the atypical sacrifice of pregnant women.
A lead archaeologist said his team found the remains of seven sacrificed women and several sacrificed llamas in two tombs in the Chotuna Chornancap archaeological complex in the province of Lambayeque.
A Peruvian archaeologist said on Wednesday that the sacrifice of a pregnant woman is very unusual in the pre-Inca world and it could have been carried out for a very important religious event.
Chotuna Chornancap is a sacred site of the Lambayeque culture, which flourished in northern Peru between 800 and 1350 A.D.


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