Inca children were drugged before being sacrificed

Analysis of the hair and fingernails of eight mummified Inca children reveals that they were given cocaine and alcohol prior to being sacrificed high on Andean mountain peaks

研究者在八具印加儿童木乃伊的头发和指甲中检出可卡因、酒精和致幻物质，说明这些儿童在被献祭前曾被给予精神活性药物。研究者推测，这样做可能是为了缓解儿童面对死亡的恐惧，或出于药物能帮助其与神灵沟通的信仰。