Les Enfants Sacrifiés du Royaume de Chimor
Documentary / Feature with fX created by Trimaran
Along the Pacific coast, in northern Peru, the bodies of hundreds of children and baby llamas are exhumed. All were sacrificed in the 15th century, at the time of the Chimús civilization, the last great kingdom of the Andes before the arrival of the Incas and the Conquistadors.
This is an unprecedented discovery. There is no scientific evidence of another mass killing of this nature and scale in other civilizations. How and why were these sacrifices made?
An international and multidisciplinary scientific team is carrying out the investigation in the field and in the laboratory. Peruvian, French and Americans, they lift the veil on the mysteries of the kingdom of Chimor, from its apogee to its fall…
Grand Prix Festival della Comunicazione e del Cinema Archeologico (Sicily, Italy, 2022)
Panorama Section (Out of Competition) PARISCIENCE festival
Official selection ARKHAIOS Film Festival – Cultural Heritage and Archeology (US)
Feature with fX created by Trimaran
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