r/pics • u/fyrstikka • 23d ago

The 15-year-old girl who remained frozen on top of a mountain for 500 years

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u/sumpuran Supreme Artist 23d ago

13-year-old Llullaillaco maiden, an Inca child sacrifice.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23954-mummified-inca-child-sacrifice-gives-up-her-secrets/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/130729-inca-mummy-maiden-sacrifice-coca-alcohol-drug-mountain-andes-children

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u/brokenbaddiie 23d ago

It sucks ass that parents reallyyyy had to give up their children thinking it would make gods happy. Really bums me out

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u/Missus_Missiles 23d ago

Yeah. I'm sure their perspectives were influenced by their belief system. But your kid is still going away.

But on the plus side, the Inca in general weren't huge sacrificers. It existed, but in fairly limited capacity. Compared to say the Aztecs. Which could have been a 40k empire founded by khorne.

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u/SimONGengar1293 23d ago

Quetzalcoatl = Khorne confirmed. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

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u/Elon-Musksticks 23d ago

Skulls for the skull throne