Capacocha
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Capacocha was the alleged Inca practice of human sacrifice, mainly using children (see child sacrifice).
Sacrifices were made during or after important events, such as the death of the Sapa Inca or a famine. Children were chosen or offered to the Sapa Inca for this occasion. It is believed that the children used had to be physically perfect because this would be the best the Inca could give their gods. The children were adorned in fine clothing and jewellery and were then escorted to Cuzco to meet the emperor where a feast was held in their honor. Then, high priests took the victims to high mountain tops where they would sacrifice the children, either by strangulation or by a blow to the head. The Spanish missionaries had often written about this practice but until recently there had been no physical evidence to prove this.
