Archaeologists have recently unearthed the remarkably well-preserved remains of a dog from ancient Rome, shedding light on ...

When we think about animal sacrifice, ancient societies such as the Greeks come to mind. But why did they ritually slaughter animals? What did this do for their society? Jason Statham's ‘A ...

As a child, Prieto would explore the ruins of nearby Chan Chan, the ancient ... the sacrifice ceremony at Huanchaquito. Llama hoofprints immediately to the left suggest that the animal was also ...

Every fossil find and genetic study tweaks what we think we know about the timeline or the circumstances under which ...

Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice ... this animal to a specific ...

The discovery, announced on Monday by Guatemala’s Culture and Sports Ministry, was made within the ancient city of Tikal ... “We see how the issue of sacrifice exists in both cultures.

A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according ... dire wolf pups by using ancient DNA, cloning and ...