In a statement, officials said the recent excavation “revealed a new part of the matrix between the known settlements in the city.” ...

An archeologist quoted in a CBS News report about human sacrifice altars in Guatemala seemingly claimed the sacrificing culture wasn’t violent, adding that they were “connecting with the celestial ...

Archaeologists working at a 15th-century site in Peru have unearthed the remains of 137 children and 200 llamas in what’s now considered the largest mass child sacrifice known from the New World—and ...

Ritualized human sacrifice was common across Europe during the Stone Age, according to a team of researchers who recently tried to estimate the number of sacrifice victims on the continent. They ...

At an archaeological site in Peru, researchers have found the remains of hundreds of children and llamas sacrificed in the 15th century. Evidence from mummified remains of three children discovered ...

JINJA, Uganda (AP) - Caroline Aya was playing in front of her house in January when a neighbor put a cloth over her mouth and fled with her. A couple of days later, the 8-year-old's body was found a ...

Five people were arrested in India for the killing of a seven-year-old boy in an alleged ritual sacrifice aimed at bringing good fortune to a public school, police said on Sept. 27. The victim was ...