Discovered ancient corpses in America

Peruvian archaeologists for the first time discovered the bones of the Incas killed by bullets during the period when the country was invaded by Spain. This is the first victim in the United States to be killed by a Spanish gunfire found in an ancient burial site of the Incas, near Lima, Peru's capital. This person's skull was pierced by a bullet.

(Photo: world-science.net) Archaeologist Guillermo Cock and his early colleagues thought this skeleton of the contemporary, but later discovered that it was a native of the 16th century. perhaps this is an Inca who joined the rebellion against the Spanish forces led by Pizarro, besieging Lima in 1536.

According to forensic experts who studied the skeleton, the Spanish musket bullets pierced from behind the skull and went through one side of the face. Thanks to the probe scanning microscope, American researchers from Conneticut University found traces of iron around the puncture hole in the skull.

Since 2004, archaeologists have excavated about 500 human skeletons in the ancient burial area of ​​Puruchuco, in the Lima suburb. More than 70 bodies were simply buried, without jewelry and sacrifices. More than 30 skeletons carry heavy injuries marks from iron weapons. This may be the victim of the rushed fighting.

VN