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  1. Sacrificed Inca children met different deaths than scientists once believed

    A new study of three Inca child mummies offers a fresh look at the Capacocha ceremony, a state ritual that joined long pilgrimages, human sacrifice, and the spread of Inca rule across the Andes. By combining modern medical imaging, chemical testing, and radiocarbon dating, researchers rebuilt the children’s final months...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/sac

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  2. Sacrificed Inca children met different deaths than scientists once believed

    A new study of three Inca child mummies offers a fresh look at the Capacocha ceremony, a state ritual that joined long pilgrimages, human sacrifice, and the spread of Inca rule across the Andes. By combining modern medical imaging, chemical testing, and radiocarbon dating, researchers rebuilt the children’s final months...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/sac

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #anthropology #IncaEmpire

  3. Sacrificed Inca children met different deaths than scientists once believed

    A new study of three Inca child mummies offers a fresh look at the Capacocha ceremony, a state ritual that joined long pilgrimages, human sacrifice, and the spread of Inca rule across the Andes. By combining modern medical imaging, chemical testing, and radiocarbon dating, researchers rebuilt the children’s final months...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/sac

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #anthropology #IncaEmpire

  4. Sacrificed Inca children met different deaths than scientists once believed

    A new study of three Inca child mummies offers a fresh look at the Capacocha ceremony, a state ritual that joined long pilgrimages, human sacrifice, and the spread of Inca rule across the Andes. By combining modern medical imaging, chemical testing, and radiocarbon dating, researchers rebuilt the children’s final months...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/sac

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #anthropology #IncaEmpire

  5. Sacrificed Inca children met different deaths than scientists once believed

    A new study of three Inca child mummies offers a fresh look at the Capacocha ceremony, a state ritual that joined long pilgrimages, human sacrifice, and the spread of Inca rule across the Andes. By combining modern medical imaging, chemical testing, and radiocarbon dating, researchers rebuilt the children’s final months...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/sac

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #anthropology #IncaEmpire

  6. Three decades ago, researchers discovered exceptionally preserved remains atop a volcano — a new analysis reframes what drove Inca sacrifice rituals. #incaempire #archaeology #anthropology

    phys.org/news/2026-06-human-sa

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  7. Three decades ago, researchers discovered exceptionally preserved remains atop a volcano — a new analysis reframes what drove Inca sacrifice rituals. #incaempire #archaeology #anthropology

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  8. Three decades ago, researchers discovered exceptionally preserved remains atop a volcano — a new analysis reframes what drove Inca sacrifice rituals. #incaempire #archaeology #anthropology

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  9. Three decades ago, researchers discovered exceptionally preserved remains atop a volcano — a new analysis reframes what drove Inca sacrifice rituals. #incaempire #archaeology #anthropology

    phys.org/news/2026-06-human-sa

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  10. A coca leaf buried with a sacrificed Inca child just narrowed a 90-year mystery to under 50. New radiocarbon work points to ~1499 CE, the reign of Huayna Capac, not conquest, but imperial maintenance. #IncaEmpire #Archaeology #Radiocarbon anthropology.net/p/a-coca-leaf

  11. A coca leaf buried with a sacrificed Inca child just narrowed a 90-year mystery to under 50. New radiocarbon work points to ~1499 CE, the reign of Huayna Capac, not conquest, but imperial maintenance. #IncaEmpire #Archaeology #Radiocarbon anthropology.net/p/a-coca-leaf

  12. A coca leaf buried with a sacrificed Inca child just narrowed a 90-year mystery to under 50. New radiocarbon work points to ~1499 CE, the reign of Huayna Capac, not conquest, but imperial maintenance. #IncaEmpire #Archaeology #Radiocarbon anthropology.net/p/a-coca-leaf

  13. A coca leaf buried with a sacrificed Inca child just narrowed a 90-year mystery to under 50. New radiocarbon work points to ~1499 CE, the reign of Huayna Capac, not conquest, but imperial maintenance. #IncaEmpire #Archaeology #Radiocarbon anthropology.net/p/a-coca-leaf

  14. A coca leaf buried with a sacrificed Inca child just narrowed a 90-year mystery to under 50. New radiocarbon work points to ~1499 CE, the reign of Huayna Capac, not conquest, but imperial maintenance. #IncaEmpire #Archaeology #Radiocarbon anthropology.net/p/a-coca-leaf

  15. Two 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes found on Peru's desert coast are rare physical proof of how the Inca moved food across their empire. Chuño was the "bread of the people," and almost none of it survived. #Archaeology #IncaEmpire #FoodHistory anthropology.net/p/two-shrivel

  16. Two 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes found on Peru's desert coast are rare physical proof of how the Inca moved food across their empire. Chuño was the "bread of the people," and almost none of it survived. #Archaeology #IncaEmpire #FoodHistory anthropology.net/p/two-shrivel

  17. Two 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes found on Peru's desert coast are rare physical proof of how the Inca moved food across their empire. Chuño was the "bread of the people," and almost none of it survived. #Archaeology #IncaEmpire #FoodHistory anthropology.net/p/two-shrivel

  18. Two 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes found on Peru's desert coast are rare physical proof of how the Inca moved food across their empire. Chuño was the "bread of the people," and almost none of it survived. #Archaeology #IncaEmpire #FoodHistory anthropology.net/p/two-shrivel

  19. Two 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes found on Peru's desert coast are rare physical proof of how the Inca moved food across their empire. Chuño was the "bread of the people," and almost none of it survived. #Archaeology #IncaEmpire #FoodHistory anthropology.net/p/two-shrivel

  20. The #Incaempire the Inka Empire), called Tawantinsuyu by its subjects (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts"[a]), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.[4] The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The Inca

  21. these ceramic pieces reflect the imperial style associated with #cuzco characterized by strong geometric patterns and abstract animal form this style was widely copied throughout the #incaempire

  22. ATTENTION: New podcast episode!

    Transcript:
    Contarhuacho was a curaca, a local leader, also called a cacique. She was of great importance and was a secondary wife of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac. No information about her mother is known, but her father, Pomapacha, was the curaca of Hanan Huaylas.

    Head to pod.link/1852510962

    Contarhuacho also features in my book Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire.

    #inca #womenshistorymonth #incaempire #southamerica #peru #huaylas

  23. ATTENTION: New podcast episode!

    Transcript:
    Contarhuacho was a curaca, a local leader, also called a cacique. She was of great importance and was a secondary wife of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac. No information about her mother is known, but her father, Pomapacha, was the curaca of Hanan Huaylas.

    Head to pod.link/1852510962

    Contarhuacho also features in my book Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire.

    #inca #womenshistorymonth #incaempire #southamerica #peru #huaylas

  24. ATTENTION: New podcast episode!

    Transcript:
    Contarhuacho was a curaca, a local leader, also called a cacique. She was of great importance and was a secondary wife of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac. No information about her mother is known, but her father, Pomapacha, was the curaca of Hanan Huaylas.

    Head to pod.link/1852510962

    Contarhuacho also features in my book Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire.

    #inca #womenshistorymonth #incaempire #southamerica #peru #huaylas

  25. ATTENTION: New podcast episode!

    Transcript:
    Contarhuacho was a curaca, a local leader, also called a cacique. She was of great importance and was a secondary wife of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac. No information about her mother is known, but her father, Pomapacha, was the curaca of Hanan Huaylas.

    Head to pod.link/1852510962

    Contarhuacho also features in my book Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire.

    #inca #womenshistorymonth #incaempire #southamerica #peru #huaylas

  26. ATTENTION: New podcast episode!

    Transcript:
    Contarhuacho was a curaca, a local leader, also called a cacique. She was of great importance and was a secondary wife of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac. No information about her mother is known, but her father, Pomapacha, was the curaca of Hanan Huaylas.

    Head to pod.link/1852510962

    Contarhuacho also features in my book Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire.

    #inca #womenshistorymonth #incaempire #southamerica #peru #huaylas

  27. CT scans of four Inca children sacrificed ~500 years ago on Andean volcanoes reveal blunt force trauma, possible disease, and a body partially rebuilt with textiles after burial. The ritual didn’t end at death. #Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #IncaEmpire anthropology.net/p/ct-scans-of

  28. CT scans of four Inca children sacrificed ~500 years ago on Andean volcanoes reveal blunt force trauma, possible disease, and a body partially rebuilt with textiles after burial. The ritual didn’t end at death. #Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #IncaEmpire anthropology.net/p/ct-scans-of

  29. CT scans of four Inca children sacrificed ~500 years ago on Andean volcanoes reveal blunt force trauma, possible disease, and a body partially rebuilt with textiles after burial. The ritual didn’t end at death. #Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #IncaEmpire anthropology.net/p/ct-scans-of

  30. CT scans of four Inca children sacrificed ~500 years ago on Andean volcanoes reveal blunt force trauma, possible disease, and a body partially rebuilt with textiles after burial. The ritual didn’t end at death. #Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #IncaEmpire anthropology.net/p/ct-scans-of

  31. CT scans of four Inca children sacrificed ~500 years ago on Andean volcanoes reveal blunt force trauma, possible disease, and a body partially rebuilt with textiles after burial. The ritual didn’t end at death. #Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #IncaEmpire anthropology.net/p/ct-scans-of

  32. Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
     
    A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/hum

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  33. Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
     
    A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/hum

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    #archaeology #khipu #Quipu #incaempire

  34. Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
     
    A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/hum

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #khipu #Quipu #incaempire

  35. Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
     
    A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/hum

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #khipu #Quipu #incaempire

  36. Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
     
    A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society...

    More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/hum

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #khipu #Quipu #incaempire

  37. Archaeologists uncover sacred Inca pilgrimage routes to volcanic peaks

    Archaeologists are exploring the sacred landscapes where the Incas once walked during their Capacocha rituals. This ancient sacrificial ceremony involved offering children to the gods on top of high mountains and volcanoes. New studies are looking at the pathways that lead to these sacred sites...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/02/sac

    Follow @archaeology

  38. Archaeologists uncover sacred Inca pilgrimage routes to volcanic peaks

    Archaeologists are exploring the sacred landscapes where the Incas once walked during their Capacocha rituals. This ancient sacrificial ceremony involved offering children to the gods on top of high mountains and volcanoes. New studies are looking at the pathways that lead to these sacred sites...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/02/sac

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #anthropology #sacrifice #incaempire #inca