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 ...

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 ...

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 ...