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Researchers analyzing remains of Inca children sacrificed atop high-altitude volcanoes found evidence that the children had consumed coca leaves and alcoholic beverages before death. The Inca reportedly believed these child victims would serve as intermediaries between their people and the gods.
A new study in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology re-examined skulls excavated in the 1920s from First Dynasty Egyptian tombs and found that more than a third show evidence of blunt force trauma. Bioarchaeologist Roselyn Campbell of Purdue University led the analysis, applying modern forensic methods to century-old remains to investigate whether servants were killed to accompany early pharaohs into the afterlife.
Researchers analyzed skulls from subsidiary graves surrounding early royal tombs at Abydos, Egypt, dating back roughly 5,000 years. Their examination found physical evidence consistent with strangulation, supporting the long-standing idea that these individuals were sacrificed rather than having died of natural causes around the same time as the ruler's burial.
Netflix has released a trailer for 'Sacrifice,' a dark comedy directed by Romain Gavras starring Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy. The film follows a cult leader, played by Taylor-Joy, who resorts to extreme measures involving an erupting volcano to try to save the world.