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A previously unidentified female mummy was killed in a ritual sacrifice in South America, new research has found.
A team of scientists analysed the skull to find evidence of a blunt trauma to the head, suggesting she died very quickly from the blow.
DNA analysis also revealed she suffered from a parasitic infection called Chagas disease, they write in Plos One.
Her symptoms indicated she would not have lived for much longer even if she had escaped her killers.
Chagas is still endemic in South America - especially those living in poverty - and can be deadly if not treated early.
Andreas Nerlich, co-author of the study from Munich University, Germany, said that the girl was likely to have come from a poor family.

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