One of the most shocking poems in Protestant hymnbooks is William Cowper’s “There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood.” A 1772 meditation about the crucifixion by a man who struggled with depression all ...
Archaeologists have recently made a discovery that transports us back 3,000 years, into the heart of a civilization that existed long before the Incas. A team of researchers has made surprising ...
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How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues. How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues. This ancient society tried to stop El Niño—with child sacrifice This ...
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Rodrigo Barquera, a researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, about a study revealing a surprise about ancient Mayan sacrifices.
Archaeologists working on Peru’s northern coast have uncovered remnants of ritual sacrifice which researchers say is the first evidence of such violence in the region, Archaeology Mag reported.
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 ...