Religious traditions across cultures have often treated menstruation and childbirth as sources of ritual impurity. In Chinese Buddhism, the “Blood Bowl Scripture” condemned women to “Blood Pond Hell.” ...

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pregnant woman believed to have lived over a thousand years ago in Ecuador's coastal region may have been part of ritual ...

Ancient human remains discovered in an Irish bog in October 2023 don't belong to a teenage boy as originally assumed but rather a young woman, making them an exceptionally rare find. Over the past ...

Researchers say they have uncovered evidence of a brutal tradition of ritualized human sacrifice that appears to have been practiced for at least two millennia in prehistoric times. The findings, ...

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. More than 5,500 years ago, two women ...

Even in today’s world, some sacred spaces remain restricted to women due to ancient beliefs, traditions, and rituals. These ...