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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 ...
The substitute king ritual was an ancient Mesopotamian religious rite of human sacrifice, documented most clearly in Assyria, which was performed to safeguard the king from danger perceived to come from evil omens.
the last human sacrifice in connection with a funeral among Yombe people occurred when nine women were buried with their dead husband. [59] Last recorded human sacrifice at Mount Tláloc in Mexico. [60] 1890: Last human sacrifice occurred in Baliy area in Sarawak. [61] 1892: French conquest suppressed human sacrifises in Dahomey. [20] 1890s:
Whether "human sacrifice" in this case meant actually putting the maiden to death is a subject of debate and controversy. [76] It has been asserted human offerings (to the river god) were nonexistent in Japan, [77] [g] or that human offerings to the field deity were never widespread. [76] [h]
The children, found near the ancient ruins of the Toltec capital of Tula, had been decapitated. The remains have been dated to AD 950 to 1150. "To try and explain why there are 24 bodies grouped in the same place, well, the only way is to think that there was a human sacrifice", archaeologist Luis Gamboa said. [6]
The ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human sacrifice, with hundreds of bones unearthed from temples, a sacred sinkhole and other ...
Human sacrifice was practiced by many ancient cultures. People would be ritually killed in a manner that was supposed to please or appease a god or spirit. Some occasions for human sacrifice found in multiple cultures on multiple continents include: [citation needed] Human sacrifice to accompany the dedication of a new temple or bridge.
Each stone altar had a groove that would have allowed liquid to flow from the stone down into basins, according to the study, including blood from animal (and sometimes human) sacrifices.