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archaeology2 years ago•2 min saved

3,000-year-old mummy found buried under trash in Peru.

Archaeologists in Peru discovered a 3,000-year-old mummy buried in a U-shaped temple at a garbage dump in Lima. The mummy was surrounded by coca leaves and seashells, indicating it was part of a sacrificial ritual. The remains belonged to a male and were bound in vegetable-based rope. The body has not yet been carbon-dated to determine its exact age. The area was a sacred location for the local ancients, and ancient walls were also found around the dump. Ancient mummies are not infrequent finds in Lima.

via New York Post |

#archaeology #garbage-dump #manchay-culture

culture2 years ago•2 min saved

Thousands Gather for Ritual Sacrifice at Indonesian Volcano

Thousands of Hindu worshippers from the Tengger tribe in Indonesia scaled Mount Bromo to offer livestock, food, and other offerings into its smoking crater as part of the Yadnya Kasada festival. The centuries-old religious ceremony is believed to bring luck to the Tenggerese people. The festival has its roots in 15th-century folklore from the Majapahit kingdom, and legend has it that a princess and her husband sacrificed their youngest child by throwing him into Mount Bromo to guarantee the prosperity of the Tengger people.

via Al Jazeera English|

#culture #hinduism #indonesia

world2 years ago•1 min saved

Gujarat Couple Commits Suicide Through Homemade Guillotine Sacrifice

An Indian couple allegedly died by suicide using a homemade guillotine-like mechanism to decapitate themselves in a sacrificial ritual on their farm in Gujarat. The couple apparently designed the device in such a way that their heads would roll into a fire altar, completing their sacrificial ritual. Police found a suicide note addressed to family members and have launched an investigation. Ritual human sacrifices are not unknown in India, but almost all known cases involve people killing others to please gods, rather than themselves.

via CBS News|

#guillotine #hinduism #india

world-news2 years ago•2 min saved

Couple in India's Gujarat commit joint suicide using homemade guillotine

A couple in India, Hemubhai Makwana and his wife Hansaben, have killed themselves by decapitation with a home-made guillotine in a ritualistic sacrifice. The couple left a note for their two children, parents, and relatives who live nearby, urging them to take care of their family. The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination, and a case of accidental death has been registered. This tragedy follows a similar incident last October, where two women were abducted, tortured, and beheaded as part of a black magic human sacrifice ritual.

via Daily Mail|

#black-magic #decapitation #india

world2 years ago•1 min saved

"Arrests Made in Connection to Human Sacrifice at Indian Temple"

Five people have been arrested in connection with the 2019 murder of a woman at the Kamakhya Temple in India's Assam state, which police say was a case of ritual human sacrifice. The victim, Shanti Shaw, was beheaded with a machete as an "offering" to the temple goddess. Police had been investigating since then but reported no significant evidence until a special team of the Assam Police managed to identify the alleged killers using technical data linking them to the victim. Human sacrifices are not unknown in India, where official data show there were more than 100 reported cases between 2014 and 2021.

via CBS News|

#hinduism #india #kamakhya-temple