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Around 1500 CE people climbed the 6,736-meter summit of a dormant volcano, placed three drugged children in a small burial chamber and left them to die. The climate preserved their bodies (infosec.pub)

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/130729-inca-mummy-maiden-sacrifice-coca-alcohol-drug-mountain-andes-children

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[–] yyprum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

You are not wrong on that account, but you are wrong on the account that the title is misleading. It is actually quite correct and precise. It doesn't say the children were abused, or anything contrary to what you are describing. They were drugged and left to die.