The practice of sacrifice in Britain has a long history but was particularly prolific during the Iron Age. Nevertheless, it has long been a contested topic: how often were sacrifices made, for what reasons, and what—or more interestingly, who—were sacrificed?  These are the three primary questions that have puzzled archaeologists and historians alike for many decades.  It is only in recent years that we have begun to paint a picture of what might have occurred during sacrificial events, and who might have been the chosen few that were ceremonially killed.  Maya Sacrificial Victims Were Painted Blue and Tossed into a Sinkhole 6,000-Year-Old Neolithic Burial Mounds were Later Used for Ritual Sacrifice! Read moreSection: NewsHistoryAncient TraditionsRead Later