A newly reported skeletal find at Mt. Lykaion, in the Arcadia area of Greece, may be a human sacrifice. This isn't the first to be interpreted as such, since the practice could be as old as humankind.

At an ancient site of human sacrifice in China, war captives may have been kept as slaves for years before they were killed, a new study finds. Prior worked revealed an extraordinary number of ritual ...

LIMA, Peru – Archaeologists in northern Peru say they have found evidence of what could be the world's largest single case of child sacrifice. The pre-Columbian burial site, known as Las Llamas, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that at least 11 children and young people were killed as a result of ritualistic sacrifice between 3100 and 2800 B.C.E. Their research was published Wednesday ...

Over 1,600 mysterious stone structures dot Saudi Arabia’s arid landscape. They have managed to puzzle scholars for decades. Now, after a recent excavation, researchers have discovered the likely ...

For centuries, human captives were brought hundreds of miles to be sacrificed at a pyramid in the oldest city in North America, just north of modern Mexico City, an archeologist says. DNA tests on ...

Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of at least 12 children believed to have been sacrificed by the ancient Chimú civilisation, Reuters has reported. The team also uncovered a hoard of ...

New DNA evidence suggests that Egyptians captured wild birds for millions of ritualistic sacrifices, rather than farming the animals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

In the heart of one of Sao Paulo's favelas, Sister Maria Oliveira ladles steaming feijoada into bowls for hundreds of hungry families. Her soup kitchen, Projeto Esperança (Project Hope), represents a ...

With your shield or on it, we are called to live anchored in sacrifice, honor, duty, and respect, holding the line for the ...

Ancient Greek winter solstice festivals such as Haloa and Poseidon’s month blended astronomy, fertility rites, and the divine ...