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An August 27, 2019 picture from Programa Arquelogico Huanchacho shows the remains of some 227 children, who were allegedly offered in a sacrifice ritual by the pre-Columbian Chimu culture.

Photo: PROGRAMA ARQUEOLOGICO HUANCHACO/AFP / Programa Arqueologico Huanchaco

Archaeologists have been digging since last year at the huge sacrificial site in Huanchaco, a beachside tourist town north of the capital Lima. Archaeologists first found children’s bodies at the dig site in the town’s Pampa la Cruz neighbourhood in June 2018, unearthing 56 skeletons.

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