For a long time, historians have debated whether the Etruscans performed human sacrifices, as claimed by their Greek and Roman enemies. Written sources accused them of ‘barbaric’ customs, but until ...

The analysis of this royal cemetery helps better understand how human societies transitioned from egalitarian systems to highly hierarchical structures. Basur Höyük was positioned between the ...

Did the ancient Celts practice human sacrifice? Ancient Irish bog bodies reveal telling evidence that the Celts ritually sacrificed their kings to the Gods.

"Unforgivable": Child Rights Body Chief On "Human Sacrifice" Of UP Student In Hathras, an 11-year-old boy, Kritarth Kushwaha, was brutally murdered in what police have described as a case of human ...

They cross the line that separates civilization from savagery, criminal justice from black magic, accountability from ritualistic human sacrifice.

The discovery of huge number of human skulls in shrines across the country shows how widespread the use of the body part is in ritualistic practices.

So, yeah, standard city builder stuff, but instead of solving traffic snarls you'll sacrifice unbelievers, and rather than tornados you'll deal with scaly horrors from the deep.

Ancient Peruvian Temples Show Signs of Human Sacrifice and Emergence of Religion New findings are helping archaeologists clarify what we know about ancient South American civilizations.

After analysing the remains of 64 ancient sacrificed individuals, most of whom were children, researchers have revealed new details about human sacrifice at the ancient Maya site of Chichén Itzá.

Early medieval skeleton (credit: Anni Byard/Oxfordshire County Council) Iron Age Britain may have used human sacrifices in ritualist ceremonies, however limited evidence has been found until now.