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Esqueleto decapitado—de un hombre, que murió aparentemente aentre los 20 añoss-30 años—hace unos 4,000 años. en Bandurria, Peru. Experts may prove these and nearby bones show signs of human sacrifice, which could suggest that Andean peoples of the period were not as peaceful as generally thought.

Las dos piernas de una joven de unos 20 años, halladas con otras dos. Bandurria,Perú.Los arqueologos suponen que fueron muertas en un sacrificio ritual. Chu hypothesizes that the women were victims of ritualized killings, and has summoned a U.S. bone expert to study cut marks more closely. If Chu’s theory proves correct, the skeletons would be the first documented evidence of ritualistic killing in the Pre-Ceramic era (3000 B.C. to 1800 B.C.)—period thought to be free of such violent practices in the Andes region.Chu said the people belonged to “a pre-ceramic society that had no exact name.”

Photograph courtesy Alejandro Chu

		Tablilla fragmentaria de época del Horus Aha muestra la más antigua evidencia de un sacrificio humano en Egipto..
El contexto de la representación den la tablilla de Djer muestra objetos rituales presentados en nombre del rey. La muerte de un hombre parece parte de un ritual, que parece diferente de la muerte de un prisionero . El propósito del ritual y su conexión con el sacrificio humano es, de todas formas, desconocido.

Tablila del reinado del Horus Djer que muestra un sacrificio humano en un contexto ritual (línea superior a la derecha).

Human sacrifices have been made in almost any human civilization. China is no exception. Chinese archaeologists have unearthed two human skeletons from a tomb in Fengyang, China. The tomb dates from the Qin dynasty period (221 to 206 B.C.). This dynasty is the first to have unified China and this is where the western name of China (Chinese people call themselves Han) comes from. The tomb contained nine people thought to have been buried alive together with the corpses of the dead

Sacrificio de Ifigenia

Druidas llevando a cabo un sacrificio humano

After excavating a number of graves in the cemetery of the burnt city, the Iranian archeological team came across signs of murder and generally beheaded bodies. “During excavations in the burnt city cemetery, we came across a grave with only one skull buried along with gifts and personal items needed for the afterlife. There was also another grave in the form of a circle with 13 skulls arranged toward the outside. In the center of this circle, there were bones of a 45-year-old man and the skulls of 2 dogs”, Mansoor Sajjadi, head of archeological team, told CHN.

According to Sajjadi, another grave contained a skeleton with its head below its feet along with 2 daggers. As all the deceased have been buried in religious ceremonies, it seems unlikely that they have been evil-doers punished for their crimes.

“Burying the heads in a circle is a proof for the existence of a ritual among the people in the burnt city, but we need to do more excavations and research to come to a definite conclusion about the sacrifice ritual”, Sajjadi said.

Burnt city ancient site in Sistan-Baluchistan province in southeastern Iran is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Iran. Though this site has been the subject of 8 seasons of archeological research, the experts do not still know what people resided in this city.

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