A new bioarchaeological study has identified what researchers describe as the first known case of deliberate mummification applied to a child sacrificed during the Inca capacocha ritual. The finding ...

Two Inca children slated for ritual sacrifice more than 500 years ago quaffed a special soothing concoction that has gone undetected until now. Those young victims, most likely a girl and a boy ...

Children sacrificed by the Inca appear to have been "fattened up" in a yearlong ritual, new research suggests. Researchers studied hair from the heads and in small bags accompanying four mummies of ...

New CT scans reveal the last moments of the Inca children who were sacrificed and mummified about 500 years ago.

A study found the first archeological evidence that the Incas used ayahuasca. A new analysis found traces of the drug in the hair and toes of mummified children sacrificed in rituals. It may have been ...

Three children used as ritual sacrifices by the Inca civilization centuries ago were given a significant amount of drugs and alcohol for months before their deaths, according to an analysis of the ...

Thanks to the use of satellite imaging technology, a group of Spanish scientists and researchers have uncovered a massive Inca sanctuary high in the Peruvian Andes that was once used for human ...

The so-called Maiden mummy of a 15-year-old Incan girl who was sacrificed 500 years ago is giving up some secrets, revealing the teenager suffered from a bacterial lung infection at the time of her ...

An elaborate Inca offering has been discovered in a lake that may once have been used for human sacrifices. The discovery was made by archaeologists in the Bolivian part of Lake Titicaca. The offering ...

He has delicate fingers and hugs his knees, one foot over the other, as if to keep warm. His hair is plaited in more than 200 braids, and miniature idols and keepsakes accompany him in his frozen tomb ...

Archaeologists uncover the first case of deliberate mummification of an Inca child, shedding new light on ancient Andean rituals.