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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 8 days ago

Forensic Analysis of Frozen Inca Mummies Reveals That Sacrificed Children Were Plied With Coca Leaves, Corn Beer and Ayahuasca Compounds Before Death

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Forensic Analysis of Frozen Inca Mummies Reveals That Sacrificed Children Were Plied With Coca Leaves, Corn Beer and Ayahuasca Compounds Before Death

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 8 days ago

Five centuries after children were sacrificed on volcanic peaks in the Andes, chemical clues preserved in their hair and fingernails show how the empire used intoxicating blends to soothe the children during their final months

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Plied means made pliable, as in easy to influence - it can be done with alcohol and drugs, sex, money, promising to make things great again, etc.

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