An archeologist quoted in a CBS News report about human sacrifice altars in Guatemala seemingly claimed the sacrificing culture wasn’t violent, adding that they were “connecting with the celestial ...

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 ...

New CT scans of Inca child mummies show how sacrifice rituals were carefully controlled and continued after death.

Historical, anthropological, and folkloric data are replete with accounts of various rituals in every human society as far back as records existed. Such rituals were performed for various reasons, ...

Five people were arrested in India for the killing of a seven-year-old boy in an alleged ritual sacrifice aimed at bringing good fortune to a public school, police said on Sept. 27. The victim was ...

Recent findings from the Maya city of Copán in Honduras have shed new light on the role of wild animals in ancient Mesoamerican society. Wild animals played a significant practical and symbolic role ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The bodies of a goat and five chickens were found lifeless on Monday morning in New Dorp Beach. It wasn’t clear how the carcasses got there and a law enforcement source told the ...