From ‘the last Neanderthal’ to sacrifices in Peru: Our biggest archaeology stories of 2024

From ‘the last Neanderthal’ to sacrifices in Peru: Our biggest archaeology stories of 2024

This previous year was an amazing one for archaeology, with researchers utilizing advanced innovation to discover human beings and our close extinct loved ones. The range of tools offered to…

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Mass child sacrifices in 15th-century Mexico were a desperate attempt to appease rain god and end devastating drought

Mass child sacrifices in 15th-century Mexico were a desperate attempt to appease rain god and end devastating drought

A picture of the skeletal remains at Templo Mayor. (Image credit: INAH, El Colegio Nacional) A mass routine sacrifice of children to a rain god in 15th-century Mexico accompanied a…

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