Mummified llamas yield new insights into Inca ritual sacrifices
The animals were bound, decorated and probably buried alive
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Naturally mummified llamas decorated with colored string, including this one, were sacrificed by the Inca more than 500 years ago as part of a ritual event, scientists say.
L.M. Valdez