The Mayans believed that the best people should be given to the Gods to show that they were still devoted. They also believed that the Blood was what the Gods wanted. if a King gave his blood it was thought to make a link with the Gods, and so the people followed their leader and gave their blood as well
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YES. Ancient Egyptians offered numerous animal sacrifices to appease the gods of the Egyptian Pantheon. While there was minimal human sacrifice to the gods, there was human retainer sacrifice, which was when servants in a Pharaoh's retinue would be killed when the Pharaoh died in order to accompany the Pharaoh in the afterlife. This was discontinued in later dynasties.
The Pharaoh
from the side, and usually in a slim, idealistic way,
No they didn't do human sacrifice.
Some of the earliest people to practice Human Sacrifice were the ancient Native Americans. Usually, human sacrifice was performed to please their gods, in order for some gain, whether physical or spiritual.
YES. Ancient Egyptians offered numerous animal sacrifices to appease the gods of the Egyptian Pantheon. While there was minimal human sacrifice to the gods, there was human retainer sacrifice, which was when servants in a Pharaoh's retinue would be killed when the Pharaoh died in order to accompany the Pharaoh in the afterlife. This was discontinued in later dynasties.
They do not perform human sacrifices.
YES. Ancient Egyptians offered numerous animal sacrifices to appease the gods of the Egyptian Pantheon. While there was minimal human sacrifice to the gods, there was human retainer sacrifice, which was when servants in a Pharaoh's retinue would be killed when the Pharaoh died in order to accompany the Pharaoh in the afterlife. This was discontinued in later dynasties.
Yes
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The Pharaoh
yes and no Human sacrifice is not generally connected with ancient Egypt. There is little evidence of human sacrifice during most of the dynastic period. There is some evidence that it may have been practiced in the Nile Valley during the 1st Dynasty and possibly in the Pre-dynastic period. Most of the victims of this form of sacrifice appeared to have been criminals and prisoners of war.
Ancient Egyptians had a strong belief about the presence of ghosts. According to them, a death of any human causes a ghost to be released and live in the tomb.
Yes it is. Human sacrifice was banished a couple of hundreds of years ago.
from the side, and usually in a slim, idealistic way,
see the part of the body in the periond
Ancient Egyptians had their own polytheistic religion, worshipping dozens of gods they believed were present in and had control over nature. Rituals centered on the pharaoh, a human descended from gods.