West Africa is fast gaining recognition for ... At the heart of Voodoo are rituals and sacrifice, as I soon find out. 1. Voodoo priests and fetishes Voodoo oracle reading Sitting on a cold hard ...

A pregnant woman believed to have lived over a thousand years ago in Ecuador's coastal region may have been part of ritual sacrifice or punishment, according to archaeologists who excavated her ...

Genetic analyses of ancient graves in Peru reveal new insights into human sacrifice rituals, according to a study. Photo from El Brujo archaeological complex About 1,500 years ago, on the coast of ...