BBC Africa Eye uncovers two so-called "juju" practitioners, who offer to obtain body parts for ritual purposes.

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...

Neanderthals left behind various clues about their enigmatic lives. But less is known about their spiritual sides. Some ...

Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered a rare iron instrument that appears to have been used to cut into human skulls more ...

Under the rubble of a wall that collapsed more than two millennia ago, at the site of La Loma in northern Palencia (Spain), a ...

A lone skull discovered near the walls of an ancient fort highlights the Romans' brutal treatment of their conquered foes.

On a hilltop in east-central Poland, archaeologists have found an unusual Iron Age tool: an iron scalpel, likely once ...

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The identity of a skeleton buried under a Budapest convent has been confirmed as Béla of Macsó, a Hungarian royal murdered in a 13th-century power struggle, and archaeologists have pieced together how ...

Skeleton masks and skull cups, crafted from human bones, have been uncovered by archaeologists in China, dating back 5,000 years. This remarkable find, made at the Liangzhu cultural sites, provides ...

The Aghori are followers of a Hindu sect believed to be 1000 years old. These ascetics are often regarded as sadhus (Sanskrit for ‘good/holy man’), and have devoted their entire lives to the ...

All societies, ancient and modern, lay a great deal of emphasis on how their dead should be buried. In a cave in southern Spain, researchers have discovered the extent to which Middle-Neolithic-age ...