Funeral customs of the Incas

Throughout Peru, a widespread funeral custom is to bury the deceased's most cherished industry and his favorite magnificent woman as sacrificial objects along the way. They believed in the immortality of the soul, so making majestic tombs in the Incas was a very ordinary job. The tombs often contained the deceased and his industry, girls, and entourage, as well as a large amount of food and wine, weapons and decorations. For people in the Andes, it is a custom to bury bodies in a sitting position. While in Machu Picchu, archaeologists saw huge engraved stones, which the leaders thought were a place for funeral. Before burial, the body was arranged here, and then a ceremony was held to hold mourning. There is still a small hole for private use on all sides, where the family of the deceased can stay for a while to mourn the separated family.

When the "chief" died, they buried his greatest treasure, the living girls and boys, and his good companion all the way, and trusted that they could still enjoy food and drink and make fun along the way after they died. Some women even hung their necks with their hair and died because they were horrified that there was no room for them to enjoy. Normally, the Incas would favor these girls who voluntarily died and provide them with a better position in the house. Around Cusco, the dead were buried sitting on a fleshly decorated stool. In other provinces, the deceased may have been sewn into a strange camel skin and lived in the houses of his relatives. Behind the leader, he was taken through the ruins during a certain period in the past. Camels, even women and children were sacrificed along the way. Pastors firmly believed that these sacrifices would serve their beloved God. Before they died, they drank a lot of kikai and used gold goblets. At this time, the priest would sing hymns praising their dedication to serving God. They were then strangled by the priest and placed a gold backpack on their backs and a gold torrent can in their hands. They were buried in their own houses on all sides of the temple. These people had a high reputation among the Incas, were revered as "saints", and people believed that they were doing things for their Huana-cauri in heaven.

In 1993, archaeologist Johan Reinhard discovered the frozen, wonderfully covered body of an Inca girl, surrounded by wood, bones and pottery, clearly a departmental sacrifice for a religious ceremony. This girl is the first Inca sacrifice ever invented completely along the way with a stone funeral platform used for the sacrifice ceremony. The girl was about 12-14 years old. Reinhard said,"She was killed by an Inca priest to comfort gods, especially mountain gods." The girl is at least the eleventh Inca sacrifice invented so far. In 1954, a tough caretaker occasionally discovered the body of a 10-year-old girl who had lived in an ice cave, and his career was also successful.

In October 1993, thanks to the support of the National Geographic community, Reinhard returned to the Republic of Peru with an expedition to inherit the extensive search. They learned that placed on a memorial platform in a naturally formed circle, a 10-12-year-old girl wearing a beautiful turban was buried in three different layers of pottery. The third body was a child aged 12-14, curled into the shape of a baby. From these ruins, Reinhard envisions that these victims were first drugged and then created pits. A kikai wine made from fermented grains? The rays exercise it for painkillers. Human sacrifices were widely used in "the lives of rulers, royal ceremonies, seasonal changes, the agricultural cycle, ceremonies to gods, and celebrations of life and death." Reinhard looked forward to the child as a sacrifice to comfort the mountain and prevent it from occurring.