There is abundant evidence from iconography and archaeology that the Moche practiced human sacrifice to honor their gods, but less information about potential sacrifices made during the funeral of ...

Haagen Klaus, a professor of anthropology at George Mason University, points out that child sacrifice became more common in the region after the fall of the Moche (the culture that preceded the ...

A plant fiber cord was found wrapped around his neck, suggesting he had been strangled, which is a known method of human sacrifice in the Moche culture. The remains of a high-status adult female ...