Previous research has shown that Llullaillaco Boy appears to have met a particularly horrific end. From Wordnik.com. [Incas ‘Fattened’ Kids Before Sacrificing Them | Impact Lab] Reference
To reach the top of Llullaillaco the team had to brave driving snow, oxygen deprivation and winds of 70 miles an hour. From Wordnik.com. [The Children Of The Ice] Reference
Scientists believe the so-called Children of Llullaillaco were sacrificed more than 500 years ago in a ceremony marking the annual corn harvest. From Wordnik.com. [Museum Goers Gasp at the Body of Sacrificed Maiden | Impact Lab] Reference
The perfectly preserved bodies of two Inka girls and a boy have been found atop the 22,000-foot Andean volcano Llullaillaco in northwestern Argentina. From Wordnik.com. [Highest Dig Yields Inka Sacrifices] Reference
After some repetitiveness -- one climb begins to merge with the next -- the tale climaxes with his account of scaling the Argentinean peak Llullaillaco. From Wordnik.com. [Books: Adventures in Andean Archaeology] Reference
The Children of Llullaillaco were found at the highest elevation ever discovered for sacrificial victims of the former Inca empire, which ran along the Andes from present-day northern Argentina to Peru. From Wordnik.com. [Museum Goers Gasp at the Body of Sacrificed Maiden | Impact Lab] Reference
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