While carrying out excavations at Tikal National Park in Guatemala — what was once the center of the Maya civilization — ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

Imagine navigating a dark, mysterious cave that was once considered the gateway to the underworld, where ancient rituals were ...

Locker, suggests that these remains were not sacrifices but rather the bones of ancestors ... on the secondary burials suggests that these individuals were not killed but rather honored posthumously.

Archaeologists are unsure why unrelated teenagers were buried in an elaborate Bronze Age tomb but think their age may be a clue.

While Spanish chroniclers documented ritual sacrifice among Ecuador’s coastal societies, limb removal was never specifically mentioned. However, Benzoni, an Italian explorer, noted that human ...

New findings from Turkey’s Bronze Age tombs suggest adolescent sacrifices. Credit: David Wengrow / CC BY 4.0 A new archaeological study has revealed that teenagers, mostly girls, were the primary ...

A new archaeological study has revealed that teenagers, mostly girls, were the primary human sacrifices in elaborate Bronze Age burial rituals, raising questions about long-held beliefs regarding ...

Eight human sacrifices were found at the entrance to this tomb, which held the remains of two 12-year-olds from ancient Mesopotamia. | Credit: Photograph by permission of the Başur Höyük ...

The location of Başur Höyük on the Upper Tigris. Credit: D. Wengrow et al. One of the most striking findings at Basur Höyük is the presence of evidence of human sacrifices, a phenomenon also ...