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  Peru: skeletons of 227 victims unearthed at world's largest child sacrifice site

  

  theguardian.com

  Experts believe the children were sacrificed by the Chimú culture to appease the El Niño phenomenonArchaeologists excavating what is thought to be the world’s largest child sacrifice site have unearthed the skeletons of 227 young victims in the coastal desert of northern Peru.Teams have been digging since last year at the huge sacrificial site in Huanchaco, a beachside tourist town close to Trujillo, Peru’s third largest city. Continue reading...

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  Neanderthal footprints found in France offer snapshot of their lives

  

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