You Wouldn't Believe What Scientists Found Frozen in Glaciers and Lakes

Human Sacrifices

The Inca people lived in the glacial mountains of Peru, and they existed during a time period that introduced regular, half-year-long deep freezes that created the permafrost in the mountains. They would regularly sacrifice humans to the Sun God, in hopes that they would shorten the winter by appeasing him. Unfortunately, that did not work for them, and they lost a lot of their civilization to these appraisals. 

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