The ancient Maya civilization is renowned for its sophisticated ... Among their most enigmatic practices were human sacrifices, often performed to appease the gods, as well as ensure agricultural ...

The ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá, long known as a site of human sacrifice, has fascinated millions of visitors from ...

stands at the sacrifice site of Pampa la Cruz, a hilltop overlooking his hometown of Huanchaco. As a child, Prieto would explore the ruins of nearby Chan Chan, the ancient Chimú capital.

Which reminds me… Kukulkan demands human sacrifices ... Shang dynasty in China and also the ancient Egyptians, at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households buried their dead underneath ...

But while "only male children were selected for sacrifice" here, rituals varied. Ancient DNA degrades faster in tropical areas, but "we're getting better and better at retrieving even very small ...

and ceremonies that featured a ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics ...

With shouts and cries of “jail, jail, jail”, “lock her up” and “sacrifice, sacrifice ... has prohibited climbing the sacred Mayan building since 2008, installing a security cordon ...