A DNA study has revealed that a pre-Hispanic child sacrifice victim found in a "unique" burial had closely related parents.

This ancient society tried to stop El Niño—with child sacrifice. Desperate to make the torrential rains stop, the Chimú people of Peru offered up their most precious resource to the gods ...

Among the bodies found in an elite area were the remains of a male child, who was between two and five-years-old when he died. A 1974 study concluded that the body’s positioning suggested he was ...

A child who was sacrificed and buried in the fourteenth century in a sacred building in Paquimé, Mexico, was the product of closely related parents, DNA analysis suggests 1. Located in what is ...

Tikal, an ancient city-state deep in the jungle of Guatemala, was once a powerful hub of the Maya civilization. During its peak, between 200 and 900 C.E., it was a major political, economic, and ...

After analysing the remains of 64 ancient sacrificed individuals, most of whom were children, researchers have revealed new details about human sacrifice at the ancient Maya site of Chichén Itzá.

To better understand ritual life and the context of child sacrifice at Chichén Itzá, an international team of researchers from institutions including the Max Planck Institutes for Evolutionary ...

Child remains found at ancient sacrifice altar hidden in national park. The remains of three children were found at the altar in Tikal National Park in Guatemala. Sonia Prez D.

A child who had the honor of being made into a trophy head by the ancient Nazca culture of southern Peru was drugged up on a mescaline-containing cactus prior to being sacrificed, a new analysis ...