>>1250078 (last bread, took a while to type up so a bit behind)

"What was it about gold that was so attractive to ancient leaders all around the globe? It seemed odd to me that gold was such a powerful resource and still is. I started digging more and more. What I found was that gold hoarding; by seemingly disconnected cultures around the world, was everywhere. I also noted some other interesting connections in all of these cultures pyramid structures, sun worship, and human sacrifice were also present."

"Early civilizations equated gold with gods and rulers, and gold was sought in their name and dedicated to their glorification. Humans almost intuitively place a high value on gold, equating it with power, beauty, and the cultural elite."

https://adeptinitiates.com/pyramids-gold-sun-worship-sacrifice/

Also:

"MOCHE culture: A bead in the form of an owl’s head made of gold and turquoise (north coast 100–800 AD)."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-06/a-gold-owl-bead-from-peru/4940924

"These sites were lodged between the Andes Mountain and the Pacific Ocean. The Moche people were excellent in their artworks and produced adobe architecture, metallurgy and ceramics, which were quite impressive to the eye. Some of these pieces of art reflect the kind of life the Moche people led. It is quite evident from these paintings that human sacrifice was prevalent (Hirst, par. 1). Moche came across as a complex society that practiced human sacrifice."

http://anthropology-world.blogspot.com/2013/12/moche-human-sacrifice-code.html

"Roughly 70 sacrifice victims have been found there so far—an indication of frequent human offerings. "

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131119-moche-human-sacrifice-war-victims-burials-archaeology-science/

"The Moche may have also held and tortured the victims for several weeks before sacrificing them, with the intent of deliberately drawing blood. Verano believes that some parts of the victim may have been eaten as well in ritual cannibalism."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moche_culture

A figure that comes up often in their art is the "decapitator," a spider-man that has a knife in one hand and a head in the other.

The Moche lived in Peru, which is, I believe, where the big human sacrifice burials were found a few days ago. There were many cultures in the area that did it.