The Wild Hunt News<p>New research uncovers disturbing evidence of ritualized killings in the British Iron Age. A burial pit in Dorset and a 2,000-year-old cold case provide, for the first time, clear insight into the shocking, community-sanctioned nature of human sacrifice during this period.</p><p><a href="https://wildhunt.org/2024/10/new-research-points-to-ritual-murder-practices-in-the-british-iron-age.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wildhunt.org/2024/10/new-resea</span><span class="invisible">rch-points-to-ritual-murder-practices-in-the-british-iron-age.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/burialcustoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>burialcustoms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/burial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>burial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dorset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dorset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humansacrifice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humansacrifice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ironage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ironage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/briton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>briton</span></a></p>