Follow up on the Inca skulls find in Cusco
Mike R
In a follow up story to the find of 3 skulls at the Sacsayhuaman site
in Cusco that I posted this morning, the director of the site says the
skulls could be those of enemy chiefs. This was a practice of the
Incas in their late empire. They are looking now for the bodies of the
3 to see if they were enemies who were decapitated.
The Latin American Herald Tribune has the story here;
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=347380&CategoryId=14095
The earlier post from this morning;
Three funeral offerings have been found at the Sacsayhuaman site in
Cusco. 3 skulls inside a ceramic vessel with ceremonial dishes. In the
2nd, a man of 45 years with a ceremonial knife and ceramics and the
3rd are the remains of a boy of 3.
Andina has a short report here with 3 photos;
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=d6aUvOvIpts=
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