Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Although Mayan written sources clearly document human sacrificial ...

The grim discovery was made after ancient human remains found in the ancient city of Chichen Itza were analysed using state of the art technology by an international team of scientists. The findings, ...

There’s usually a fun element to fictionalizing history. Imagine a world where Dwight Eisenhower shot Adolf Hitler to end World War II in place of the führer’s bunker suicide, or John Wilkes Booth ...

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 ...

What are the many reasons for guilt? Are they real or imagined? To answer those questions, we have to do some exploration. Source: GoodStudio/Shutterstock When we are actually guilty of doing harm to ...

In modern-day Turkey, a cemetery dating to the early Bronze Age holds burials full of luxurious goods—and numerous human sacrifices. Archaeologists have long been puzzled by the details of the ...