Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse, Chichen Itz was among the largest and most influential cities of the ancient Maya, but much about its political connections and ritual life ...
Researchers have uncovered evidence of repeated mass animal sacrifice rituals that took place around 2,500 years ago at a mysterious site in southwestern Spain. The ritual sacrifices occurred at the ...
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 ...