Researchers previously assumed that some of the graves at the site were royal burials. A new study presents a different ...

As these difficult times demand great personal sacrifice from a select few, the rest of us should consider the meaning behind ...

DNA study of Bronze Age tombs in Turkey reveals teenage human sacrifices, challenging ideas about early Mesopotamian society.

Police officials said that the victim's blood was found spilled on the stairs of their neighbour Lala Bhai Tadvi's temple, raising suspicions of human sacrifice A four-year-old girl was allegedly ...

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Officially, Romans disapproved of human sacrifice, and the practice would have been controversial under their rule, Green says. Some Roman writers believed it was going on before conquest ...

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 ...

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 ...

This includes its fair share of tearjerking moments as characters sacrifice themselves to aid the heroes by any means necessary. Final Fantasy’s unplayable races, including Tonberries and PuPu ...