Archaeologists have been investigating human bones of 20 Celts, found near the ruins of the bridge at Cornaux/Les Sauges
Vittrup Man crossed over from forager to farmer before being sacrificed in Denmark: DNA, isotope, protein analysis reveal genetic ancestry and migration of a human found in a peat bog
Blood, sacrifice and drunkenness: how Christmas was celebrated in the Viking Age, with the transition to the Christian era, the celebration took on a new meaning
Detailed analysis reveals rituals of mass sacrifice of horses and other animals at Casas del Turuñuelo, in Iron Age Spain
The Tiwanaku people made offerings to supernatural deities near the Island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, about 500 years earlier than the Incas
A mass sacrifice at the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas (a 15th century archaeological site in Peru) saw the ritual killing of over 140 children and over 200 llamas