Two groundbreaking studies challenge the traditional timeline of cat domestication, highlighting the pivotal influence of religious worship.

In ancient Egypt, mass cult ritual sacrifices of cats gave rise to the furry felines becoming human companions, according to ...

to death for the murder of her infant daughter in 2021—a crime committed as a supposed "human sacrifice" to rid herself of ‘sarpa dosham,' an astrological affliction believed to bring misfortune.

And according to a study published April 23 in the journal PLOS One, the skeleton displays the first-ever evidence of human-animal combat in Europe during the Roman Empire. Gladiator combat is a ...

Mobility is evolving rapidly, especially in Europe, and this transformation is not only reflected in the types of vehicles ...

As in other African societies, humanism is present in ancient and contemporary Nigeria . Humanism has manifested since the ...

Some 500 years ago, the Chimú in what is now Peru ritually killed hundreds of their young in the largest mass child sacrifice events ... dogs—were finding human bones sticking out of the ...

This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it likely occurred as far away as Roman Britain. 33,400 people played ...

Leonidas Theodorakakis: A tireless worker and custodian. He was a permanent presence for decades.

2 The Mass "requires all Christians, so far as human power allows, to reproduce in themselves the sentiments that Christ had when he was offering himself in sacrifice: sentiments of humility ...