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Mummified Children Found in Peru May Have Been a Sacrificial Escort to The Underworld

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Six mummified children thought to have been sacrificed hundreds of years ago, apparently to accompany a dead nobleman to the afterlife, have been unearthed in a tomb near Lima, archaeologists reported.

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  1. Insider

    Scientists found 14 pre-Inca mummies, 6 of whom children, who were likely sacrificed to accompany a high-ranking person into the afterlife (opens Insider)

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    The people whose mummified remains were found were likely sacrificed to accompany a high-ranking person into the afterlife almost 1,000 years ago.

  2. France 24

    Ancient mummies of children, likely sacrificed, unearthed in Peru (opens France 24)

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    Six mummified children thought to have been sacrificed hundreds of years ago, apparently to accompany a dead nobleman to the afterlife, have been unearthed in a tomb near Lima, archaeologists reporte…

  3. WTOP Washington DC

    Mummies of children unearthed in Peru. They were likely sacrificed. (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    Six mummified children thought to have been sacrificed hundreds of years ago, have been unearthed in a tomb of a nobleman near Lima, archaeologists reported.

  4. Science Alert

    Mummified Children Found in Peru May Have Been a Sacrificial Escort to The Underworld (opens Science Alert)

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    Six mummified children thought to have been sacrificed hundreds of years ago, apparently to accompany a dead nobleman to the afterlife, have been unearthed in a tomb near Lima, archaeologists reported.

  5. CBS News

    Ancient mummies of children unearthed in Peru. They were likely sacrificed for a nobleman, archaeologists say. (opens CBS News)

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    The mummified children were about 1,000 to 1,200 years old, archaeologists said.

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