It also contained traces of human blood and saliva. This revelation indicates that the ancient Egyptians used ... also in ritualistic ceremonies. The ritual might have involved a form of divine ...

It also contained traces of human blood and saliva. This revelation indicates that the ancient Egyptians used ... also in ritualistic ceremonies. The ritual might have involved a form of divine ...

Galen, a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher who lived during Roman times, described the heart as the body’s furnace, ...

The practice began as an ancient Etruscan funeral ritual: when a tribal chief died, his warriors would make a blood sacrifice to his spirit by fighting to the death by his tomb. This ritual was ...