Archaeologists uncovered the remains of at least 14 people near the Puémape Temple complex, with evidence pointing to ...

In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence of repeated mass animal sacrifice rituals that took place around 2,500 years ago at a mysterious site in southwestern Spain. The ritual sacrifices occurred at the ...

Historical, anthropological, and folkloric data are replete with accounts of various rituals in every human society as far back as records existed. Such rituals were performed for various reasons, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered fragmented skulls from a Guatemalan cave where people were sacrificed in a brutal Maya ritual to appease the rain god. The Cueva de Sangre, or "blood cave", was first ...

Animal sacrifices are surging in Queens, with chickens, pigs and rats being tortured, mutilated or killed in “twisted” religious rituals in parkland surrounding Jamaica Bay, The Post has learned. In a ...

Trash bags filled with decapitated chickens and goats were discovered on Long Island over the weekend — likely the grisly remains of animal sacrifice rituals, cops said Monday. An occult specialist ...