Peru: skeletons of 227 victims unearthed at world's largest child sacrifice site

Experts believe the children were sacrificed by the Chimi culture to appease the El Nino phenomenon

Archaeologists excavating what is thought to be the world's largest child sacrifice site have unearthed the skeletons of 227 young victims in the coastal desert of northern Peru.

Teams have been digging since last year at the sacrificial site in Huanchaco, a beachside tourist town close to Trujillo, Peru's third largest city.