A submerged Inca offering hints at Lake Titicaca’s sacred role
Similar stone boxes have also been found at human sacrifice sites in the Andes
![Inca ritual offering llama figurine](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/080320_bb_inca_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
An Inca ritual offering found submerged in Lake Titicaca included a llama or alpaca figurine carved out of a spiny oyster shell and a rolled gold sheet.
T. Seguin/Univ. libre de Bruxelles