{"id":1211085,"date":"2023-12-12T12:44:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1211085"},"modified":"2023-12-12T12:44:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:44:49","slug":"ancient-ruins-were-once-a-site-for-gruesome-animal-sacrifices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1211085","title":{"rendered":"Ancient ruins were once a site for gruesome animal sacrifices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/journal.pone_.0293654.g001-800x510-1.png\" alt=\"Image of a series of structures, including a square courtyard, steps, and walkways.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/journal.pone_.0293654.g001.png\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"848\" data-width=\"1329\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> The site at casas del Turu\u00f1uelo, with 1 marking the courtyard. (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0293654\">Iborra Eres, et al.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Whether it was to appease a deity or honor the dead, ritual <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2017\/11\/archaeologists-find-mysterious-4000-year-old-dog-sacrifices-in-russia\/\">animal sacrifice<\/a> was widespread in the ancient world. But there is a region where it appears that hardly any of these rituals occurred for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, the archaeological record was almost devoid of any evidence of significant animal sacrifices in the Mediterranean region during the Iron Age. Hardly any written sources describing the practice have been found. While the exact reason that we don\u2019t see any evidence remains unknown, archaeologists have now unearthed more details on one of the only sites sacrifices were known to happen in the Iron Age Mediterranean, a location in western Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The bones of Casas del Turu\u00f1uelo now tell us more from beyond the grave than they ever have. \u201cThe 52 animals deposited in the courtyard of Casas de Turu\u00f1uelo represent a series of episodes of slaughter,\u201d a team of archaeologists said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0293654\">study<\/a> recently published in PLOS ONE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1990336#p3\">Read 10 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1990336&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1990336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ancient ruins were once a site for gruesome animal sacrifices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ The site at casas del Turu\u00f1uelo, with 1 marking the courtyard. (credit: Iborra Eres, et al.) Whether it was to appease a deity or honor the dead, ritual animal sacrifice was widespread in the ancient world. 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