Ancient Origins
Ancient Origins seeks to uncover, what we believe, is one of the most important pieces of knowledge we can acquire as human beings — our beginnings.
Skeleton 3,000 years old lends credence to claims of Ancient Greeks sacrificing humans
A strange myth that an ancient Greek king sacrificed a child on Mount Lykaion may be somewhat confirmed with the find of an adolescent boy’s remains on an ash heap where thousands of animals were sacrificed to Zeus. These are the only human remains found in the 100-foot-diameter ash heap, but just 7 percent of the mound has been excavated.
