Ancient Peru's child sacrifice discovery may be largest in history
{"Image ImageDescription": "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXCLUSIVE \u2013 Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice may be world\u2019s largest\n\nPERMITTED USE:\u00a0This image may be downloaded or is otherwise provided at no charge for one-time use for coverage or promotion of the National Geographic article, \u201cExclusive: Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice May Be World's Largest\u201d and exclusively in conjunction thereof.\u00a0 No copying, distribution or archiving permitted.\u00a0 Sub-licensing, sale or resale is prohibited.\n\u00a0\nREQUIRED CREDIT AND CAPTION:\u00a0All image uses must bear the copyright notice and be properly credited to the relevant photographer, as provided.\u00a0 Any uses in which the image appears without proper copyright notice, photographer credit and the provided caption are subject to paid licensing.\n\nUsage Restrictions:\n1.\tYou may use up to 2 images online, or 1 in print\n2.\tYou must link back to the original article:\nhttps://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/mass-child-human-animal-sacrifice-peru-chimu-science/\n\nImages may be found here:\nhttps://foxgroup.box.com/s/u0ud59scni9suy9r6bxoilawwh3ht6ab\n\n\nCaptions\n\n001\nPhotograph by Gabriel Prieto / National Geographic\nBuried together, a child and a llama were part of a mass sacrificial killing that included more\nthan 140 children and over 200 llamas in the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site in coastal Peru near\nTrujillo. This is the largest child sacrifice event in the New World.\n\n002\nPhotograph by Gabriel Prieto / National Geographic\nPreserved in dry sand for more than 500 years, more than a dozen bodies are revealed by the\nhands of archaeologists. The researchers reported that, \u201cexcept for three adult burials (two\nfemales and one male), all the human skeletal remains were of children, ranging in age from\napproximately five to fourteen years, with the majority falling in the range of eight to twelve\nyears of age.\u201d\n\n003\nPhotograph by Gabriel Prieto / National Geographic\nArchaeologist Gabriel Prieto, second from left, who made the discovery, works with his team\nexcavating at the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site. All the burials at this location were found at\nthe same depth giving researchers a clue that the killings occurred during a single event.\n\n004\nPhotograph by Gabriel Prieto/National Geographic\nThe face of this child was painted with a red cinnabar-based pigment and the archaeologists\nhypothesize that the chest was cut open to remove the heart as part the sacrificial ceremony.\n\u201cSkeletal evidence clearly indicates that the children and camelids were sacrificed by cutting\nopen the thoracic cavity,\u201d the researchers reported.\n\n005\nPhotograph by John Verano\nPeruvian archaeologists Gabriel Prieto, a National Geographic grantee, was working a different\nsite when a local man came to him with human and llama remains which led him to the\ndiscovery of the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site.\n\n006\nPhoto by Gabriel Prieto / National Geographic\nA child\u2019s skull, the rope used to lead the llama to the site, and the remains of the llama. The\nstrange burial positions and lack of any grave goods associated with them suggest that was not\na typical Chimu burial ground.", "Image Make": "KONICA MINOLTA", "Image Model": "DiMAGE Z10", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.7 (Macintosh)", "Image DateTime": "2018:04:25 11:30:49", "Image ExifOffset": "216", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "808", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "16009", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/400", "EXIF FNumber": "16/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "64", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2011:04:22 18:07:00", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2011:04:22 18:07:00", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "540241/62500", "EXIF ApertureValue": "209759/62500", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "71/10", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "3/10", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "67/20", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Daylight", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, auto mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "6", "EXIF SubjectArea": "[1024, 768, 512, 384]", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Manual", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "0", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "36", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "None", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "3"}