Top 10 Recently Discovered GRUESOME Cases of Ancient Human SACRIFICE
0We all know the ancients used to sacrifice people. Some practices, like the Aztec removal of a victim’s heart, are today infamous. But this barely scratches the surface of the gruesome rituals our ancestors used to perform. Over the past few years, a number of important discoveries have shown our forebears were even creepier than we thought.
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Source/Further reading:
http://www.livescience.com/52278-oldest-human-decapitation-in-new-world.html
http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2012/08/severed-hands-found-in-egyptian-palace.html#.Vh5JCPlrjIU
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/female-skulls-discovered-neolithic-city-china-human-526746
http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2013/06/10/900-years-of-human-sacrifice-in-kent/
http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2014/01/possible-evidence-of-human-sacrifice-at.html#.Vh5SUflrjIV
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/ancient-tomb-reveals-man-sacrificed-for-noblewomans-burial-150410.htm
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/10/conquistadors-sacrificed-eaten-aztec-acolhuas
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150127-maya-water-temple-drought-archaeology-science/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120706-bog-mummies-body-parts-frankenstein-ancient-science/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/30/why-this-mysterious-mayan-cave-full-of-childrens-bones-may-be-evidence-of-ancient-human-trafficking/
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https://natgeoeducationblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/plosskull.jpg
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http://cdn.biblicalarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/hands2.jpg?x10423
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