Early gunshot victim uncovered

Violent wounds tell story of the Spanish conquest of Inca peoples.

Archaeologists have dug up a skeleton from an Inca cemetery in Peru with a hole in its head. The wound suggests that this is the first documented gunshot victim in the New World.

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Early gunshot victim uncovered

Violent wounds tell story of the Spanish conquest of Inca peoples.

Archaeologists have dug up a skeleton from an Inca cemetery in Peru with a hole in its head. The wound suggests that this is the first documented gunshot victim in the New World.

Read the story here.

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