The modern world often looks to the ancient past for the roots of its ideals, and among those celebrated by ethical vegetarians and vegans is Pythagoras—the philosopher from Samos, a mystic, mathematician, and founder of a spiritual brotherhood that...
The Children of Llullaillaco, also known as the Llullaillaco Mummies, were three Inca child sacrifices found near the summit of Mount Llullaillaco in the Andes mountains of Argentina.
The mummies were discovered in 1999 by an expedition led by archaeologist...
The elite society in Minoan Crete (3500 BC–1100 BC) evidently believed in complex death rituals and sacrificial ceremonies, particularly when it came to their own burials. That is what experts believe after discovering a sacrificial bull's head in a...
