Very little is truly known of the ancient Celts who left no written records. The names of many of the gods worshipped by them are known through Latin or Gallo-Latin inscriptions made in late pre ...

A team of Polish archaeologists has been credited with one of the most extraordinary finds in recent memory in Peru.

Before she could react, he struck Rita’s throat with the axe, killing her instantly. “This seems to be a case of human sacrifice. Rita’s mother, Jyoti Tadvi, told us that after killing her daughter, ...

Archaeologists in Ecuador have uncovered a mysterious pre-Columbian burial of a pregnant woman with missing limbs, sparking theories of ancient rituals and human sacrifice. With a mix of Manteño and ...

A human sacrifice ritual site dating back around 5,000 years has been unearthed in Turkey, where scientists say the remains of mostly teenage girls were discovered. The discovery was made nearly a ...

So many of the sacrifice stories in scripture end up in violence or near violence, starting with the first known sacrifices in human history, those of Cain and Abel. Cain brings a second-rate ...