An Ancient North African Civilization Sacrificed Their Young Children to Gods as Part of a Religious Practice In ancient Carthage, (now in Tunisia) the civilization used to follow brutal rituals of ...

A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts believe the money left at the location was “devil’s money,” an offering to ...

stands at the sacrifice site of Pampa la Cruz, a hilltop overlooking his hometown of Huanchaco. As a child, Prieto would explore the ruins of nearby Chan Chan, the ancient Chimú capital.

The burial of a young woman, possibly as young as 17, was identified as “burial 10” and dated to between 771 and 953 A.D., according to the study. Fetal cranial fragments were found near her pelvis, ...

A pregnant woman's dismembered remains from over 1,000 years ago, along with unusual burial artifacts spanning multiple ...

Valentine’s Day, a celebration of love wrapped in candy hearts, roses and chocolates, traces back to St. Valentine. But the origins are far more complex — and darker than the chocolate we indulge in ...

Increased levels of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere would’ve caused immense crop failure, potentially leading to the “sacrifice ... of the worries of these ancient people—DNA suggests ...

Some scholars trace Valentine's Day back to ancient Greece and the mythical green meadows of Arcadia in the Peloponnese.