Yeah, baby. That one over there looks real cute.*
* Obscure Clinton perversion reference.
Posted on 08/07/2013 1:02:51 PM PDT by BBell
Tests performed on three mummies found in the Argentinian mountains have shed new light on the Inca practice of child sacrifice.
An analysis of the mummies, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that alcohol and drugs played a large role in the weeks and months leading up to the sacrifice of these children.
Before Incan high priests embarked on the pilgrimage to take the victims to the top of mountains, the children were given diets high in animal protein and maize–a diet made for the elite. Along the demanding journey, coca leaves, the plant from which cocaine is derived, were fed to the younger sacrifices to assist in their breathing in the high altitude and ensure their arrival to the burial site.
The children were then given an intoxicating drink once they reached the burial site to minimize fear, pain and resistance. They were killed by a forceful blow to the head, strangulation or by being left to die from exposure to the extreme cold.
Scientists say that many of the victims’ organs were intact, as if they had died a few weeks ago. By testing samples of their hair, they could determine the type of diet they were on before their deaths, as well as reveal any substances in their bodies.
According to the Inca, children were selected for sacrifice and chosen to go and live with the Gods because they were considered the purest beings. Specific individuals were possibly chosen for their nobility and beauty. Many Inca children were offered as sacrifice, especially during or after important events, such as the death of the Sapa Inca (the emperor) or during a famine. These sacrifices were known as capacocha.
Pictures and a short video at link.
Just goes to prove underage drinking is dangerous to your health and could be deadly....
It also proves that the Incas were more humane than Kermit Gosnell.
GGG ping.
Another example of cultural diversity.
The Indians were noble, but western civilization is evil. This is just one example.....
Which is saying something!
Did any of them consider just saying “No”?
So in other words what they found was pretty much the same you would fine in the average public school kid today?
“You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That’s a good-looking mummy” —Bill Clinton, looking at “Juanita,” a newly discovered Incan mummy on display at the National Geographic museum
http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/quotethis/a/clintonquotes.htm
Skittles and watermelon drink?
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to post Willy.
Since Clinton was married, instead of asking the mummy out he simply used her as a receptacle like Monica's dress and the Oval Office sink.
But we are supposed to believe that the Pizzaros were evil men.
Not obscure.
Thought of him right away.
Stoned and drunk? That’s more pain medicine that the Leftists give their children before ripping them apart in their sacred ritual of abortion.
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