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 ...

Archaeologists uncovered a Greek inscription at ancient Artezian in Crimea, revealing secrets of Bosporan-era worship.

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Explorers find five-century-old Tlacotepehua fertility altar with carved bracelets and Venus symbols in a cave in Guerrero, ...

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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 ...

The Southern Illinois Pagan Alliance celebrates the high point of the pagan year with its 2024 Samhain (“sou as in ‘ow’-win”) ritual, Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Gaia ...

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 ...