The Dark Truth Behind the Recovery of a 500-Year-Old Mummy

Subsequent Offerings

After the child died, the Inca priests would return to the site several times and leave offerings of coca leaves. Other times, they'd leave a miniature figurine of the child as a sign of respect. Those are telltale clues that modern archaeologists use to look for burial sites...

Modern Incas Feel Disrespected

Following the exhumation of the Children of Llullaillaco, the modern Incas said displaying the mummies was disrespectful to indigenous rights. Rogelio Guanuco, leader of the AIRA, said displaying the children was "a violation of our loved ones" and disrespectful to the sanctity of Llullaillaco...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.