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This handout picture released on June 28, 2018 shows the ongoing excavation where a group of archaeologists have discovered the remains of children offered in a ritual of the pre-Columbian Chimu culture, at the Huaca La Cruz, in Huanchaco, Peru. Peruvian Ministry of Culture/AFP
LIMA - Archaeologists in Peru say the 227 bodies they have unearthed from a site used by the pre-Columbian Chimu culture is the biggest-ever discovery of sacrificed children.
Archaeologists have been digging since last year at the huge sacrificial site in Huanchaco, a beachside tourist town north of the capital Lima.
"This is the biggest site where the remains of sacrificed children have been found," chief archaeologist Feren Castillo told AFP on Tuesday.
Castillo said the children, who were aged between 4 and 14, were sacrificed in a ritual to honor the Chimu culture's gods.
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