Extreme religious practices from the past [TimesContent] Anna Ajayi Follow; For many, religion is a sacred, peaceful space.

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The Aztecs offered human lives to their gods in rather gruesome ways, but after a series of investigations, it was determined that these acts served a very clear purpose. 🇲🇽🫀🔪🔥 What ...

In their study published in the journal Scientific Reports, the group developed their individualized pre-training model and tested its performance against traditional blood sample testing systems.

He then goes on to create the 'blood feast' his grandfather failed to do, by killing young women in the area and making them into party food for the wedding.

Parry and a member of the Marapu practise for Pajura, a human blood sacrifice ritual on the island of Sumba in Indonesia (Photo: Will Lorimer/BBC/Frank Films) He tries to overcome this by being ...

According to the local residents of Chib’s native village -- Kanachak -- the family is venerated for its history of sacrifices and patriotism. A pall of gloom descended on the house of constable ...

New findings from Turkey’s Bronze Age tombs suggest adolescent sacrifices. Credit: David Wengrow / CC BY ... The tests showed they were not related by blood and that most were adolescent females. This ...

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In antiquity, religions in the modern sense of the term did not exist; rather, there were rituals involving blood sacrifices and offerings presented to deities on altars within temples.