CT scans of Inca child sacrifices reveal new details about capacocha rituals

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found and analyzed the remains of these human sacrifices, although not all of them have undergone CT scanning, which can reveal additional details. A new study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, describes the findings regarding four newly scanned Inca child sacrifices, revealing additional insights into their lives, their deaths, and what the ritual meant to the Inca empire.