Ceramic vessels and other offerings surround the grave of the elite 14th-century executioner.
The tomb found in the newfound complex has three levels. In the third, underground leveldifficult to photograph and so represented here by an illustrationwomen's skeletons were found in groups.
"DNA tests being run [in] the United States will determine if they all belong to the same family," which could lead to new understanding of the ancient practices at the site, dig leader La Torre said in January 2010.
Already the temple-complex discovery is shedding new light on the ancient Lambayeque people, whose descendants still live in Peru, and on Naylamp himself.
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And today productive people are sacrificed by way of taxes. So much for the progress of civilization. Just slit my throat with a knife and be done with it already!
Ancient Sacrificer Found With Blades in Peru Tomb?It wasn't me.