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CHICLAYO, Peru, June 6 (UPI) -- Archaeologists have made a grisly discovery in northern Peru, the remains of 33 people who appear to have been sacrificial victims under the Incas.
Most of the victims were teenage girls, LiveScience reported. The skeletons were in a burial chamber in a large archaeological site near the city of Chiclayo, about 500 miles north of Lima, the BBC said.
The skeletons showed signs of being cut on their necks and collarbones. They were well preserved with hair and skin remaining.
The sacrifice appears to have occurred 600 years ago when the Incan empire dominated the west coast of South America.
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