Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a "unique" human and horse sacrifice ritual at a huge prehistoric burial mound in southern Siberia. The evidence came to light during excavations at the site ...
A hero’s sacrifice is considered one of the hardest-hitting storytelling devices a filmmaker could use. As true as this may ...
DOS PILAS, GUATEMALA—In the 1990s, archaeologists made a grisly discovery when they entered a cave beneath the Maya site of Dos Pilas in Petén. The team encountered hundreds of fragmented human bones ...
Ritualized human sacrifice was common across Europe during the Stone Age, according to a team of researchers who recently tried to estimate the number of sacrifice victims on the continent. They ...
The dry and unforgiving coastal plains of Peru might not seem like the ideal location for rich and complex cultures to develop. Undergoing frequent droughts and hard times, it is a harsh environment ...
in Genesis 22:1–19, God tests Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Abraham, who had waited decades for the birth of Isaac, the son promised by God to carry on his ...
TADIM MOUND, TURKEY—Excavations at the site of Tadım Mound near Elaziğ in eastern Turkey have provided new information about millennia-old ritual and religious practices, the Daily Sabah reports. The ...
This week, the annual Jewish Torah reading cycle brings us to the book of Vayikra, or Leviticus. Many see this as the “plotless” part of the Torah, detailing sacrifices and many other laws that do not ...