It was, it was … So long ago that it is difficult even to imagine
And not only of Ancient Greece! Almost everywhere, ancient people used the most cruel rituals, whose goals still remain symbolically "cult" … At present, the existence of the practice of religious human sacrifice has been proven among the ancient Israelites, Romans, Egyptians and many other peoples. Traces that would directly indicate cult murders among the ancient Greeks have not been found earlier. However, a new find on Mount Lykeon put an end to the "i" in this matter …
In Greece, on the slope of Mount Lykeon, local and American archaeologists discovered a skeleton of a teenager with characteristic footprints. According to experts, this may be evidence that the ancient Greeks practiced human sacrifice and cannibalism.
Recall that in ancient Egypt, cannibalism flourished everywhere before the coming to power of the "god" Osiris, who first tried to stop these cruel practices.
However, back to the Greek find. The skeleton lacks the top of the skull, and the body was positioned between two lines of stones along the west-east axis. The pelvic bones are covered with stones. The skeleton is about three thousand years old.
However, experts and authorities note that it is too early to draw final conclusions about the nature of the find. Scientists are going to continue their work. So far, they have explored only seven percent of the area, which, according to speculation, was used as a sacrificial altar.
Historically, this mountain was the site of sacrifices to Zeus. This is reported in many texts of ancient Greek authors, in particular Plato. According to legend, animals and young men were sacrificed, after which their meat was eaten.
For scientists, it remains a mystery why the ancient people carried out cruel sacrifices. You can recall the bloody epic on the American continent … Researchers who came closest to the solution, say: it's all about the immaterial energy that is released during the sacrifices. Moreover, the more pain and shock the victim experienced, the more this energy …
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Is it possible that the "gods" carried out a kind of feeding with this energy, hence the cult of sacrifices among the ancient people?.. Due to their small development at that time, the ancient people did not know why they used these rituals, but blindly followed the instructions from "above" …
Only with the passage of time and the development of civilization did the customs soften, however, animal sacrifices, as we know, are practiced to this day.
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