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'An offering to energize the fields': 76 child sacrifice victims, all with their chests cut open, unearthed at burial site in Peru

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A 700-year-old burial mound containing the remains of 76 sacrificed children and two adults has been found in Peru .

The children were buried naked, with their clothes near them.

The burial mound is the latest of multiple sacrificial sites found at Pampa La Cruz , near Trujillo .

All of the sites are connected to the Chimú, a large civilization that thrived in the region.