Ancient Americans Sacrificed ‘Chosen Children’ At Volcano Shrines In One Of History’s Most Haunting Rituals High-altitude ...

Boys and girls were selected, often as part of an annual tribute to the Inca state. Chosen children typically came from noble ...

and a place were the Inca used in one of their most dramatic and powerful religious ceremonies: human sacrifice. To the Incan eye, the landscape of their empire was riddled with shrines.