<p class="title">Archeologists in Peru say the 227 bodies they have unearthed from a site used by the pre-Columbian Chimu culture is the biggest-ever discovery of sacrificed children.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Archeologists have been digging since last year at the huge sacrificial site in Huanchaco, a beachside tourist town north of the capital Lima.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is the biggest site where the remains of sacrificed children have been found," chief archeologist Feren Castillo told AFP on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Castillo said the children, who were aged between four and 14, were sacrificed in a ritual to honor the Chimu culture's gods.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They were sacrificed to appease the El Nino phenomenon," and show signs of being killed during wet weather, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He added that there may still be more to be found.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's uncontrollable, this thing with the children. Wherever you dig, there's another one," Castillo said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The children's remains were found in a position facing the sea. Some still had skin and hair.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Huanchaco was a site where many child sacrifices took place during the time of the Chimu culture, whose apogee was between 1200 and 1400.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Archeologists first found children's bodies at the dig site in the town's Pampa la Cruz neighbourhood in June 2018, unearthing 56 skeletons.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pampa la Cruz is a short distance from Huanchaquito, where the remains of 140 sacrificed children and 200 llamas were found in April 2018.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Chimu civilization extended along the Peruvian coast to Ecuador but disappeared in 1475 after it was conquered by the Inca empire. (AFP) CK</p>
<p class="title">Archeologists in Peru say the 227 bodies they have unearthed from a site used by the pre-Columbian Chimu culture is the biggest-ever discovery of sacrificed children.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Archeologists have been digging since last year at the huge sacrificial site in Huanchaco, a beachside tourist town north of the capital Lima.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This is the biggest site where the remains of sacrificed children have been found," chief archeologist Feren Castillo told AFP on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Castillo said the children, who were aged between four and 14, were sacrificed in a ritual to honor the Chimu culture's gods.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They were sacrificed to appease the El Nino phenomenon," and show signs of being killed during wet weather, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He added that there may still be more to be found.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's uncontrollable, this thing with the children. Wherever you dig, there's another one," Castillo said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The children's remains were found in a position facing the sea. Some still had skin and hair.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Huanchaco was a site where many child sacrifices took place during the time of the Chimu culture, whose apogee was between 1200 and 1400.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Archeologists first found children's bodies at the dig site in the town's Pampa la Cruz neighbourhood in June 2018, unearthing 56 skeletons.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pampa la Cruz is a short distance from Huanchaquito, where the remains of 140 sacrificed children and 200 llamas were found in April 2018.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Chimu civilization extended along the Peruvian coast to Ecuador but disappeared in 1475 after it was conquered by the Inca empire. (AFP) CK</p>