This is horrible. Is this article accurate?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Animal sacrifices were often a variation on a communal BBQ with religious overtones, the scent would go to heaven and the cooked meat would be shared among the community members. The consumption of meat in ancient agrarian societies was a special occasion and not the way we think of meat consumption today.
As to the human remains, I hope they were turned to ashes and not consumed by the priests, certainly cannibalism has been with us since the beginning. Makes a person wonder about the consumption of the body and blood of Christ in Christian religions.
Surfpirate
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Aug 12, 2020
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I was listening recently to new information about the Mayans. A much, much bigger civilization than once thought. Yes, sometimes they would sacrifice children and then include adults to “look after them”. It seems the sacrifices didn’t work... the civilization still failed.
EyesThatSmile
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Aug 9, 2020
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I read similar articles in National Geographic , when I was small . In addition to the blood thirsty Mayans , who sacrificed captured enemies , I also remember a young boy of about 5 and a young preteen girl who were walked to the top of a mountain , heavily drugged , then buried alive and left to freeze to death , until the freeze dried bodies were discovered by archeologists .
Cast1es
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