Hemubhai Makwana, 38, and his wife Hansaben, 35, both died by decapitation after using a homemade bladed mechanism in a hut on their farm in the western state of Gujarat, police said. "The couple ...
Archaeologists have found evidence of a highly gendered Stone Age society in China about 3,800 to 4,300 years ago, with male and female sacrificial victims chosen for separate purposes. Researchers ...
Experts have revealed the gruesome details of a 15th-century ritual sacrifice site in Peru that contains the remains of more than 140 children. In a new study on the archaeological site at ...
The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found ...
An 11-year-old student was killed in a sacrificial black magic ritual performed by the owners of his school to make it more “prosperous,” according to reports. The boy was allegedly kidnapped from a ...
New CT scans of Inca child mummies show how sacrifice rituals were carefully controlled and continued after death.
Archaeologists working at the El Cano site in central Panama have documented elite burials dating to roughly 1,000 years ago that include gold artifacts and multiple sets of human remains interpreted ...
China National Silk Museum and the Sichuan Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology have confirmed the use of silk in sacrificial rituals by a Bronze Age civilization in the Yangtze River ...
El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is among the largest structures at Chichén Itzá and its architecture reflects its far-flung political connections. Located in the heart of Mexico’s ...
Archaeologists have revealed a previously undocumented form of ritual sacrifice involving close relatives among the elites of an ancient culture. For a study published in the journal PNAS, a team of ...
JINJA, Uganda (AP) - Caroline Aya was playing in front of her house in January when a neighbor put a cloth over her mouth and fled with her. A couple of days later, the 8-year-old's body was found a ...
The remains of one of 227 children allegedly offered in a sacrifice ritual by the pre-Columbian culture Chimu. AFP/Getty Images The centuries-old remains of more than 200 children have been discovered ...