guy Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) (Inca child from earlier study of ancient Inca ritual sacrifice victims.) Child sacrifices were a part of ancient Inca culture. Toxicology reports of the nails and hair belonging to two young victims found in Peru have recently found cocaine and the hallucinogen ayahuasca inside the bodies. Quote “The hair and nails of two Ampato mummies were examined using LC-MS/MS for the presence of coca alkaloids and metabolites (cocaine, benzoylecgonine, cocaethylene), mescaline, tryptamine, harmaline and harmine. The results of the study show that during the last weeks of the victims’ lives, they chewed on coca leaves and were intoxicated by ayahuasca, a beverage made primarily from the Banisteriopsis caapi.” Comment: This must have been a horrible ending for these children. I'm not sure that the drugs cocaine and the hallucinogen ayahuasca would have helped much to diminish the fear and suffering of these victims. Here are older threads and videos about other well-preserved Incan children who were sacrificed: https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/50311/20220407/ritual-drug-sacrificed-children-found-cocaine-ayahuasca-bodies-during-inca.htm https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X22000785 Edited February 14, 2023 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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