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The Independent UK
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Vishwam Sankaran

Sacrificed ‘frozen’ Inca child in Chile did not die peacefully as previously thought, study finds

Chilean National Museum of Natural History

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An Incan child from Chile’s Cerro El Plomo ritually sacrificed over 500 years ago and well preserved as a frozen mummy did not die “peacefully” as previously believed, but from a blow to the head, a new study found.

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