During the pre-Columbian era, human sacrifice in Maya culture was the ritual offering of nourishment to the gods and goddesses. Blood was viewed as a...

Sacrifice was a religious activity in Maya culture, involving the killing of humans or animals, or bloodletting by members of the community, in rituals...

Aztec practice from Maya human sacrifice was the way in which it was embedded in everyday life. These cultures also notably sacrificed elements of their...

practice of human sacrifice in pre-Colombian cultures, in particular Mesoamerican and South American cultures, is well documented both in the archaeological...

Evidence of human sacrifice by Kerma culture in modern Sudan. 9th century BC: Arzhan culture kurgan contains evidence of human sacrifice among Scythian...

that the Aztec and Maya people practised circumcision persists to this day. Human sacrifice in Maya culture Sacrifice in Maya culture See Joyce et al.,...

perilous journey to a Maya city for human sacrifice at a time when the Maya civilization is in decline. Principal photography took place in Mexico from 21 November...

Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public...

instances of the explicit zero in human history. As a part of their religion, the Maya practised human sacrifice. "Maya" is a modern term used to refer...

group or national loyalties in order to achieve a desired result. As such, it is a form of human sacrifice. Child sacrifice is thought to be an extreme...

of Mesoamerica such as the Olmec, Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec and Aztec cultures practiced some kind of taking of human trophies during warfare. Captives taken...

harmony. The archaic practice of human sacrifice should first of all be viewed within this framework. List of Maya gods and supernatural beings Aztec...

religions today. Human sacrifice, where it existed, was always much rarer. All or only part of a sacrificial animal may be offered; some cultures, like the ancient...

Mayan or Maya mythology is part in of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the...

earlier times, even if combined with those more recently adopted. Human sacrifice was a religious practice principally characteristic of pre-Columbian...

from the Aztecs, who used Maya captives for sacrifice to Tláloc. Furthermore, Tláloc can be seen in many examples of Maya war imagery and war-time decoration...

Today the Maya keep many of the ritualistic traditions of their ancestors. Elements of prayer, offerings, blood sacrifice (replacing human blood with...

required sacrifice. Little can be known about how the ancient Maya planned and coordinated their attacks. However, it has been noted that the Maya cities...

their own particular traditions, cultures and historical identity. It is estimated that seven million Maya were living in this area at the start of the 21st...

'Maya' symbol is not of Maya origin and rather an invention by a Catholic missionary to more easily introduce one-god concept into the Maya culture. One...

post-Conquest sources (Maya and Spanish), pre-Columbian Maya sacrificed objects and human beings into the cenote as a form of worship to the Maya rain god Chaac...

rest of the Maya in 2200 or in 1200 BCE, the separation occurred at least a millennium before the rise of classic Maya culture. It is no surprise, therefore...

wears an "aqabal" also known as an emblem of "darkness." His head in Maya culture was used to represent the number 10, the lower jawbone meant the numeral...

story is “civilized” Maya make certain that dogs are fed on a decent human diet such as maize. When dogs were used in ritual sacrifices, the act contained...

campaign against idolatry and human sacrifice. In doing so, he burned Maya manuscripts (codices) which contained knowledge of Maya religion and civilization...

Confirmation that the Maya practiced human sacrifice and ritual cannibalism came much later (e.g. by the murals of Bonampak). Writing and the Maya calendar were...

developed in the Epi-Olmec and the Zapotec cultures. The Mesoamerican writing tradition reached its height in the Classic Maya logosyllabic script. In Central...

both Ghatotkacha and Hidimbi agree to end the practice of human sacrifice. During their exile in the forest the Pandavas were too tired to walk further,...

enter the Maya heaven is because the gods are thankful for your sacrifice to them. People who were to eventually become sacrifices were paraded in litters...

ritual events. Late in the history of the game, some cultures occasionally seem to have combined competitions with religious human sacrifice. The sport was...