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Kieren Williams

Final moments of tragic child mummies plied with drugs and booze before being sacrificed

The final moments of Incan child mummies’ lives have been revealed, half a millennia after they were sacrificed atop a volcano.

The young children were regularly plied with drugs and alcohol in their final months, to make them more compliant in the ritual that ultimately took their life, research suggests.

Archaeologists investigated the frozen Incan mummies of three children who were discovered in 1999.

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