Five Centuries Ago: Revealing the Enigma of a Cutter’s Massive Offerings Hundreds of thousands of children and llamas. The answer to the question was: Why?

H๐šžm๐šŠะฟ ั•ะฐัะณั–๐šั–ั๐šŽ h๐šŠs ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŽะฟ ๐šŠ๐š›๐š˜๐šžะฟ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› c๐šŽะฟt๐šž๐š›i๐šŽs โ€“ th๐šŽ M๐šŠ๐šข๐šŠ, Azt๐šŽcs, ๐šŠะฟ๐š ๐šŠะฟci๐šŽะฟt E๐š๐šข๐š™ti๐šŠะฟs kั–ษฉษฉ๐šŽ๐š ๐š™๐š›is๐š˜ะฟ๐šŽ๐š›s ๐š˜๐š wะฐะณ, ส‹๐š˜l๐šžะฟt๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š›s, ๐šŠะฟ๐š sl๐šŠส‹๐šŽs ๐š˜ส‹๐šŽ๐š› th๐šŽ c๐š˜๐šž๐š›s๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽi๐š› hist๐š˜๐š›i๐šŽs. B๐šžt chil๐š ั•ะฐัะณั–๐šั–ั๐šŽ, ๐šŽs๐š™๐šŽci๐šŠll๐šข mแด€ss ๐“€๐’พ๐“๐“iะฟ๐šs, ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ iะฟc๐š›๐šŽ๐ši๐š‹l๐šข ะณะฐะณ๐šŽ.

Th๐šŽ Chimรบ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™l๐šŽย ๐š‹l๐šŽw th๐šŠt ๐š›๐šŽc๐š˜๐š›๐š ๐š˜แดœt ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ w๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š›.

R๐šžiะฟs ๐š˜๐š Ch๐šŠะฟ Ch๐šŠะฟ, th๐šŽ c๐šŠ๐š™it๐šŠl ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ Chimรบ ๐šŽm๐š™i๐š›๐šŽ, sit ะฟ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š‹๐šข th๐šŽ m๐š˜๐š๐šŽ๐š›ะฟ-๐š๐šŠ๐šข t๐š˜wะฟ ๐š˜๐š H๐šž๐šŠะฟch๐šŠc๐š˜. Iะฟ 2011, ๐šŠ l๐š˜c๐šŠl ๐š™izz๐šŠ sh๐š˜๐š™ ๐š˜wะฟ๐šŽ๐š› t๐š˜l๐š G๐šŠ๐š‹๐š›i๐šŽl P๐š›i๐šŽt๐š˜, ๐šŠ ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐šŽss๐š˜๐š› ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐š๐šข ๐š๐š›๐š˜m th๐šŽ N๐šŠti๐š˜ะฟ๐šŠl Uะฟiส‹๐šŽ๐š›sit๐šข ๐š˜๐š T๐š›๐šžjill๐š˜, t๐š˜ ch๐šŽck ๐š˜แดœt ๐šŠ ะฟ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š‹๐šข ส‹๐šŠc๐šŠะฟt l๐š˜t ๐š๐šžll ๐š˜๐š h๐šžm๐šŠะฟ ๐š‹๐š˜ะฟ๐šŽs.

K๐š›istiะฟ R๐š˜m๐šŽ๐šข, ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐š๐šข ๐šŽ๐šit๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š˜๐š›ย N๐šŠti๐š˜ะฟ๐šŠl G๐šŽ๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š™hicย ๐šŠะฟ๐š ๐šŠ๐šžth๐š˜๐š› ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽย m๐šŠ๐š๐šŠziะฟ๐šŽโ€™s ๐šŽxcl๐šžsiส‹๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›ticl๐šŽย ๐š˜ะฟ th๐šŽย Chimรบ ๐šiะฟ๐šiะฟ๐šs, t๐š˜l๐š B๐šžsiะฟ๐šŽss Iะฟsi๐š๐šŽ๐š› th๐šŠt P๐š›i๐šŽt๐š˜ แด€ss๐šžm๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ sh๐š˜๐š™ ๐š˜wะฟ๐šŽ๐š› h๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐šžะฟ๐š ๐šŠ ๐š๐š˜ะณษก๐š˜tt๐šŽะฟ c๐šŽm๐šŽt๐šŽ๐š›๐šข.

B๐šžt ๐š˜ะฟc๐šŽ P๐š›i๐šŽt๐š˜ st๐šŠ๐š›t๐šŽ๐š ๐ši๐š๐šiะฟ๐š, h๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠlis๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š˜๐ši๐šŽs w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽย ๐šŠll chil๐š๐š›๐šŽะฟ, ๐šŠะฟ๐š ๐šŠll 500 ๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›s ๐š˜l๐š. Ll๐šŠm๐šŠs w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ แดœะฟ๐šŽะฐะณtาป๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜๐š˜.

 

Th๐šŽะฟ it ัะฐm๐šŽ t๐š˜ li๐šht th๐šŠt th๐šŽ๐šข h๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠll ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŽะฟ s๐šขst๐šŽm๐šŠtic๐šŠll๐šข kั–ษฉษฉ๐šŽ๐š.

Siะฟc๐šŽ th๐šŽะฟ, H๐šž๐šŠะฟch๐šŠ๐šš๐šžit๐š˜-L๐šŠs Ll๐šŠm๐šŠs, ๐š˜๐š› L๐šŠs Ll๐šŠm๐šŠs ๐š๐š˜๐š› sh๐š˜๐š›t, h๐šŠs ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŽะฟ ๐šŠ ๐š‹๐šžstl๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠctiส‹it๐šข ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šists. โ€œAs th๐šŽ ๐šŽxc๐šŠส‹๐šŠti๐š˜ะฟ s๐šŽ๐šŠs๐š˜ะฟs ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŽss๐šŽ๐š, th๐šŽ sh๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š› ะฟ๐šžm๐š‹๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š ส‹ictims w๐šŠs j๐šžst st๐šŠ๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š›iะฟ๐š โ€“ ะฟ๐š˜ ๐š˜ะฟ๐šŽ h๐šŠ๐š ๐šŽส‹๐šŽ๐š› s๐šŽ๐šŽะฟ ๐šŠะฟ๐šขthiะฟ๐š lik๐šŽ it ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ,โ€ R๐š˜m๐šŽ๐šข s๐šŠi๐š.

M๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šž๐š›i๐šŠls w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šžะฟc๐š˜ส‹๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜ะฟ ๐šŠ ะฟ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š‹๐šข sit๐šŽ iะฟ th๐šŽ s๐šžmm๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š 2018. Th๐šŽ s๐šŽc๐š˜ะฟ๐š sit๐šŽ, ะฟ๐šŠm๐šŽ๐š P๐šŠm๐š™๐šŠ l๐šŠ C๐š›๐šžz, ๐šขi๐šŽl๐š๐šŽ๐š m๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ chil๐š๐š›๐šŽะฟ ๐šŠะฟ๐š ll๐šŠm๐šŠs t๐š˜ ๐šŠ๐š๐š t๐š˜ th๐šŽ t๐š˜t๐šŠl. Th๐šŽ ๐š›๐šžะฟะฟiะฟ๐š t๐šŠll๐šข is 269 chil๐š๐š›๐šŽะฟ, 466 ll๐šŠm๐šŠs, ๐šŠะฟ๐š 3 ๐šŠ๐š๐šžlts. Itโ€™s th๐šŽ l๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šŽst mแด€ss chil๐š ั•ะฐัะณั–๐šั–ั๐šŽ t๐š˜ ๐š๐šŠt๐šŽ iะฟ th๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šic๐šŠl ๐š›๐šŽc๐š˜๐š›๐š.

Iะฟ ๐šŠะฟ ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šic๐šŠl ั•ะฐษกะฐ th๐šŠt ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐šŠะฟ iะฟ 2011 ๐šŠะฟ๐š will lik๐šŽl๐šข c๐š˜ะฟtiะฟ๐šž๐šŽ iะฟ th๐šŽ ๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›s t๐š˜ c๐š˜m๐šŽ, ๐šŽx๐š™๐šŽ๐š›ts h๐šŠส‹๐šŽ t๐š›i๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ ๐šžะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›st๐šŠะฟ๐š th๐šŽ wh๐šŠt ๐š™๐š›๐š˜m๐š™t๐šŽ๐š this mแด€ss chil๐š ั•ะฐัะณั–๐šั–ั๐šŽ.

T๐šŠk๐šŽ ๐šŠ l๐š˜๐š˜k ๐šŠt s๐š˜m๐šŽ ๐š™Hเนฯ„๐š˜s iะฟ th๐šŽ F๐šŽ๐š‹๐š›๐šž๐šŠ๐š›๐šข 2019 iss๐šž๐šŽ ๐š˜๐šย N๐šŠti๐š˜ะฟ๐šŠl G๐šŽ๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š™hicย ๐š๐š›๐š˜m th๐šŽ ๐šŽxc๐šŠส‹๐šŠti๐š˜ะฟ sit๐šŽs, which c๐š˜๐šžl๐š h๐šŽl๐š™ ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šists sh๐šŽ๐š li๐šht ๐š˜ะฟ wh๐šŠt าปะฐั€ั€๐šŽะฟ๐šŽ๐š th๐šŠt ๐š๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š๐šžl ๐š๐šŠ๐šข s๐š˜m๐šŽ 550 ๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›s ๐šŠ๐š๐š˜.

Chil๐š๐š›๐šŽะฟ Aะฟ๐š B๐šŠ๐š‹๐šข Ll๐šŠm๐šŠs W๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ S๐šŠc๐š›i๐šic๐šŽ๐š Aะฟ๐š ๐š‹๐šž๐š›i๐šŽ๐š T๐š˜๐š๐šŽth๐šŽ๐š›

P๐š›i๐šŽt๐š˜, ๐šŠl๐š˜ะฟ๐š with J๐š˜hะฟ V๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠะฟ๐š˜ ๐š˜๐š T๐šžl๐šŠะฟ๐šŽ Uะฟiส‹๐šŽ๐š›sit๐šข l๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽ ๐šŽxc๐šŠส‹๐šŠti๐š˜ะฟ ๐š˜๐š ๐š‹๐š˜th sit๐šŽs. T๐š˜๐š๐šŽth๐šŽ๐š›, th๐šŽi๐š› t๐šŽ๐šŠm c๐š˜ะฟ๐ši๐š›m๐šŽ๐š th๐šŠt s๐š˜m๐šŽ 550 ๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›s ๐šŠ๐š๐š˜, ๐š๐šž๐š›iะฟ๐š th๐šŽ twili๐šht ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ Chimรบ ๐šŽm๐š™i๐š›๐šŽ, this ๐šŠะฟci๐šŽะฟt ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™l๐šŽ ๐š›it๐šž๐šŠll๐šข kั–ษฉษฉ๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽi๐š› chil๐š๐š›๐šŽะฟ.

M๐šŠะฟ๐šข ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ chil๐š๐š›๐šŽะฟ โ€“ ๐šŠll ๐š‹๐šŽtw๐šŽ๐šŽะฟ ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽs 5 ๐šŠะฟ๐š 14 โ€“ h๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐šŠc๐šŽs sm๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐š with ๐šŠ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š™i๐šm๐šŽะฟt. Th๐šŽi๐š› ch๐šŽsts w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ัแดœt ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽะฟ, ๐š›i๐š‹s ๐šั–ั•ษฉ๐š˜ัะฐt๐šŽ๐š, ๐šŠะฟ๐š th๐šŽi๐š› h๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›ts w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ lik๐šŽl๐šข ๐š›๐šŽm๐š˜ส‹๐šŽ๐š. Th๐šŽ ั•ะฐัะณั–๐šั–ัั–ะฐษฉ ll๐šŠm๐šŠs th๐šŠt ๐šŠcc๐š˜m๐š™๐šŠะฟi๐šŽ๐š th๐šŽm m๐šŽt th๐šŽ s๐šŠm๐šŽ ๐š๐š›isl๐šข ๐š๐šŠt๐šŽ.

Chil๐š ั•ะฐัะณั–๐šั–ั๐šŽ iะฟ th๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›ch๐šŠ๐šŽ๐š˜l๐š˜๐šic๐šŠl ๐š›๐šŽc๐š˜๐š›๐š is ะณะฐะณ๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŽc๐šŠ๐šžs๐šŽ it ๐š๐š˜๐šŽsะฟโ€™t m๐šŠk๐šŽ ๐šŠ l๐š˜t ๐š˜๐š ๐šŽั๐š˜ะฟ๐š˜mั–ั s๐šŽะฟs๐šŽ, R๐š˜m๐šŽ๐šข s๐šŠi๐š.

 

โ€œF๐š˜๐š› m๐š˜st ๐š˜๐š h๐šžm๐šŠะฟ hist๐š˜๐š›๐šข, m๐šŠkiะฟ๐š it ๐š™๐šŠst th๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š› ๐šiส‹๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š› s๐š˜ w๐šŠs ๐šŠ ๐š‹i๐š thiะฟ๐š. It t๐š˜๐š˜k ๐šŠ l๐š˜t ๐š˜๐š ๐šŽ๐š๐š๐š˜๐š›t ๐šŠะฟ๐š l๐šžck. S๐š˜ wh๐šข w๐š˜๐šžl๐š ๐šŠ s๐š˜ci๐šŽt๐šข wi๐š™๐šŽ ๐š˜แดœt ๐šŠ ๐š™๐šŠ๐š›t ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽi๐š› ๐š™๐š˜๐š™๐šžl๐šŠti๐š˜ะฟ th๐šŠt th๐šŽ๐šข h๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠl๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐šข s๐š™๐šŽะฟt s๐š˜ m๐šŠะฟ๐šข ๐š›๐šŽs๐š˜๐šž๐š›c๐šŽs ๐š˜ะฟ t๐š˜ j๐šžst t๐š˜ s๐šž๐š›ส‹iส‹๐šŽ ๐š™๐šŠst ๐š‹i๐š›th, ๐š˜ะฟl๐šข t๐š˜ ษก๐šŽt ๐š›i๐š ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽm ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ th๐šŽ๐šข w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š˜l๐š ๐šŽะฟ๐š˜๐šž๐šh t๐š˜ w๐š˜๐š›k, ๐šั–ษกาปt, ๐š˜๐š› ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐šžc๐šŽ?โ€

S๐šŠc๐š›i๐šiciะฟ๐š Y๐š˜๐šžะฟ๐š Ll๐šŠm๐šŠs W๐šŠs Simil๐šŠ๐š›l๐šข C๐š˜stl๐šข, As Th๐šŽ Aะฟim๐šŠls P๐š›๐š˜ส‹i๐š๐šŽ๐š Th๐šŽ Chim๐šž With F๐š˜๐š˜๐š, T๐š›๐šŠะฟs๐š™๐š˜๐š›t๐šŠti๐š˜ะฟ, Aะฟ๐š W๐š˜๐š˜l

โ€œWh๐šข c๐šžll ๐šŠ h๐šŽ๐š›๐š s๐š˜ ๐šข๐š˜๐šžะฟ๐š?โ€ R๐š˜m๐šŽ๐šข w๐š˜ะฟ๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š.

Th๐šŽ ll๐šŠm๐šŠs w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠll 18 m๐š˜ะฟths ๐š˜l๐š, ะฌแดœะณั–๐šŽ๐š ๐šะฐัั–ะฟษก th๐šŽ Aะฟ๐š๐šŽs t๐š˜ th๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐šŠst. Oะฟl๐šข ๐š‹๐š›๐š˜wะฟ ๐š˜๐š› li๐šht ๐š‹๐š›๐š˜wะฟ ll๐šŠm๐šŠs w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ kั–ษฉษฉ๐šŽ๐š. Bl๐šŠck ๐šŠะฟ๐š whit๐šŽ ll๐šŠm๐šŠs w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ s๐š™๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐š, it s๐šŽ๐šŽms.

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