stands at the sacrifice site of Pampa la Cruz, a hilltop overlooking his hometown of Huanchaco. As a child, Prieto would explore the ruins of nearby Chan Chan, the ancient Chimú capital.

The ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá ... Cisterns, or chultún, have long been associated with water, rain and child ...

According to their findings, an ancient culture practiced religious rituals that involved sacrificing family members, specifically targeting teenage children ... involved the sacrifice of family ...

Carhua was a ten-year old Inca child whose father offered her to the Inca Emperor as a Capacocha sacrifice. She was taken by priests to Cuzco where she met the Inca Emperor, and on her return ...

This shows that even after the Inca conquest they continued with human sacrifices," archaeologist Gabriel Prieto told the newspaper. "We have found 10 tombs, apparently children from the Chimu ...