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Dr. O'Connor does believe that retainer sacrifices were the exception, instead of the norm, in ancient Egypt. [4] There is some disputation as to the authenticity of retainer sacrifices, due to less than substantial evidence; however, most Egyptologists believe that retainer sacrifice did happen.
30th century BC: Pharaoh Qa'a was buried alongside his servants in the last Egyptian case of retainer sacrifice. [2] c. 3000 BC: Archeological evidence of human sacrifice in Başur Höyük in Turkey. [3] 2500 BC: Human sacrifice was performed in ancient city of Ur. [4] 1700–1550 BC: Evidence of human sacrifice by Kerma culture in modern Sudan ...
Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public or jurisdictional demands for justice by capital punishment, an authoritative/priestly figure, spirits of dead ancestors or as a retainer sacrifice, wherein a monarch's servants are killed in order for them to continue to serve their master in ...
(Ancient Egypt sometimes saw the burial of real servants with the deceased. [3] Similar cases of human sacrifice of slaves, retainers and wives feature in graves in (for example) the Americas, ancient Germania, and ancient Mesopotamia. [4] Compare suttee.) Where grave goods appear, grave robbery is a potential problem.
Literate, high-status men with writing ability were responsible for recordkeeping in ancient Egypt. But the job left a mark on their skeletons, a new analysis shows. Skeletons reveal what life was ...
“It looks like cattle, goats and gazelles were brought to the site, potentially slaughtered there and then presented to what is probably a stone representation of an unknown deity,” a ...
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For example, the king was thought to be allowed into the afterlife because of the role as a ruler of Ancient Egypt, which would be a purpose translated into qualification for admission to the afterlife. Human sacrifices found in early royal tombs reinforce the idea of serving a purpose in the afterlife. Those sacrificed were probably meant to ...