There’s nothing click-bait about the “human sacrifice” title. Below excerpt taken from the article. They have even shared photographs of the skulls found of the

There’s nothing click-bait about the “human sacrifice” title. Below excerpt taken from the article. They have even shared photographs of the skulls found of the sacrificed humans, along with with more vivid description of the ritual which is best if read directly from the article. >>Grisly discovery The most grisly discovery came underneath the city’s eastern wall: 80 human skulls clustered in six pits—with no skeletons attached. (The two pits closest to the East Gate, the city’s principal entrance, contained exactly 24 skulls each.) The skulls’ number and placement suggest a ritual beheading during the laying of the wall’s foundation—the earliest known example of human sacrifice in Chinese history. Forensic scientists determined that almost all of the victims were young girls, most likely prisoners who belonged to a rival group.