Why did so many ancient societies around the world make human sacrifices to appease the gods? A new study supports the theory that the practice may have played a key role in keeping the poor ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. LIMA, Peru — Archaeologists in northern Peru say they have found evidence of what could be the world’s ...

In the rural mountains of eastern Turkey, stone walls peek out from the formidable mountains. Here, thousands of years of history has remained almost entirely untouched in the form of stone fortresses ...

Over 1,600 mysterious stone structures dot Saudi Arabia’s arid landscape. They have managed to puzzle scholars for decades. Now, after a recent excavation, researchers have discovered the likely ...

At an ancient site of human sacrifice in China, war captives may have been kept as slaves for years before they were killed, a new study finds. Prior worked revealed an extraordinary number of ritual ...

In the heart of one of Sao Paulo's favelas, Sister Maria Oliveira ladles steaming feijoada into bowls for hundreds of hungry families. Her soup kitchen, Projeto Esperança (Project Hope), represents a ...

The donkeys, found buried under a Bronze Age house in ancient Gath, near Tell es-Safi, were determined to have originated from ancient Egypt. A team of archaeologists has made a groundbreaking ...

The mysterious Aztec "death whistles" have fascinated researchers with their eerie, terrifying effect they have on the ...

in Genesis 22:1–19, God tests Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Abraham, who had waited decades for the birth of Isaac, the son promised by God to carry on his ...

Archaeologists have found more than 80 skulls in the ruins of a neolithic Chinese city, it's reported. The remains are mainly those of young women, thought to have died in ancient sacrifices or ...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...