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Emperors Atahualpa (Inca) and Moctezuma (Aztec).

The old story of defeated empires: ‘The Inca rulers spoiled their children, while the Aztecs were told they were going to die in battle’

Pablo Ferri|Guadalajara|Dec 07, 2024 - 05:34 CET

Peruvian anthropologist Luis Millones and Mexican archeologist Eduardo Matos speak with EL PAÍS and reflect on their new book, which deals with the figures of Moctezuma and Atahualpa, the last great pre-Columbian rulers

Chichén Itzá

DNA uncovers the mystery of the children sacrificed by the Mayans in Chichén Itzá

Nuño Domínguez|Jun 12, 2024 - 19:29 CEST

The analysis of 64 sets of human remains suggests that the civilization selectively sacrificed twins or brothers — always boys and in pairs — as a religious ritual

Representation of a solar observatory in Xochicalco, a Mayan city built around the year 700 A.D.

Astronomy

From dark constellations to solar observatories: How pre-Hispanic America contemplated the cosmos

Santiago Flórez|New York|May 22, 2024 - 19:53 CEST

For thousands of years, Indigenous groups and pre-Columbian civilizations observed the universe to better understand the world

Mummies found in the Peruvian archaeological zone of Cahuachi, in the department of Ica (Peru).

PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURE

Ayahuasca in hair and psychotropic trade routes: How drugs were used in pre-Incan civilization

Andrea J. Arratibel|Mexico|May 31, 2023 - 16:37 CEST

Analysis of mummies found at the archaeological site of Cahuachi in Peru has revealed the relationship that the Nazca culture had with narcotics

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