In a new study, a team of researchers analyzed a previously undiscovered ritual of sacrifice that involved relatives in Peru.

About 1,500 years ago, on the coast of Peru, two teenagers were strangled and buried in a temple grave alongside four ...

Adolescents were sacrificed to their close relatives during funerals of high-status individuals in the Mocha culture.

Researchers analyzed the 1,500-year-old remains of six elite individuals buried together in a pyramid-like temple.

Six Bodies Unearthed Beneath a Pyramid-Like Painted Structure, Revealed Unusual Moche Culture Burial Ritual Archaeologists ...

Genetic analysis has shown that two teenagers were sacrificed and buried with their family members around 1,500 years ago.

Harvard University-led researchers investigated an elite Moche burial group at Huaca Cao Viejo, uncovering new details on kin ...

For a study published in the journal PNAS, a team of researchers analyzed a number of previously discovered burials associated with the pre-Hispanic Moche archaeological culture, which flourished ...

A genetic analysis of six people buried in a Moche tomb around A.D. 500 revealed that two teenagers were sacrificed to their ...

Moche culture thrived along Peru's North Coast between the 4th and 10th centuries CE, constructing monumental adobe temples (huacas) and complex irrigation networks. Previous archaeological work ...

First, “the Señora burial is significant,” because she’s “the best-preserved elite burial found in Peru to date,” study authors state. Her body was elaborately wrapped in 20 layers of textiles, and ...

Archaeologists have revealed evidence of a never-before-seen sacrifice of family members belonging to the ancient Andean Moche culture, revealing new insights into their social world, customs ...