Human sacrifice helped ancient societies entrench class divide, study suggests — NEW POWER

(http://www.cbc.ca/) Why did so many ancient societies around the world make human sacrifices to appease the gods? A new study supports the theory that the practice may have played a key role in keeping the poor downtrodden and the elites in power. And barbaric as it sounds, human sacrifice may have created one path for more […]

via Human sacrifice helped ancient societies entrench class divide, study suggests — NEW POWER

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