Capacocha or Qhapaq hucha (Quechua: qhapaq noble, solemn, principal, mighty, royal, hucha crime, sin, guilt Hispanicized spellings Capac cocha, Capaccocha, Capacocha, also qhapaq ucha) was an important sacrificial rite among the Inca that typically involved the sacrifice of children.
Capacocha
Capacocha oder Qhapaq Hucha war ein wichtiger Opferritus der Inka, bei dem typischerweise Kinder geopfert wurden. Wikipedia (Englisch)
23.11.1998 · Disturbing archeological discoveries are shedding light on the Inca ritual of human sacrifice known as Capacocha.
01.09.2017 · In the Inca Civilization the Capacocha was practiced, it was a ritual in which children were sacrificed; can be translated as “real obligation”.
The focus of this paper is to evaluate the Capacocha (also referred to as capac hucha) or child sacrifices in Inca society. This paper begins by evaluating ...
07.10.2018 · The capacocha ceremony is the name of an Incan ritual, that included child sacrifice and burial in the high altitude mountains of the vast ...
Human sacrifice in the Inca Empire at times took the form of the capacocha, a sacrificial rite involving the most beautiful children in the empire.
Capacocha was one of the most important rituals performed in the Inca Empire, in which children and young women were sacrificed.
04.01.2023 · The capacocha ceremony was a major part of the Inca religion. It was a ritual that featured the sacrifice of carefully selected children from ...
11.12.2020 · Misti's capacocha site contained a number of human remains and fine objects made from gold, silver and spondylus shells. The analysis of the ...
Very little is known about Capacocha, the sacred Inca ceremony of human sacrifice, but with each new archaeological discovery of a sacrificial mummy, more is ...