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Remains of Human Sacrifice Victim Found in the Foundation of the Wolseong Palace Fortress in Gyeongju, South Korea​Human sacrifice is a practice that was common in ancient civilizations around the world. Ancient Egyptians, the Romans, and the ancient Shang Dynasty (also known as Yin Dynasty) in China are a few examples of these civilizations.Similar to their contemporaries, it seems that Ancient Koreans have also practiced human sacrifice. The 2017 excavation at the Wolseong Palace excavation site in Gyeongju, South Korea, is what established this theory when archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a man and a woman in their 50s. Just recently, however, the remains of a woman in her 20s were uncovered in the same area. This woman, however, was wearing accessories namely, a necklace and a bracelet. Uncovered alongside the remains were a vessel and animal bones.The excavation of the Silla-era palace commenced in December 2014. In 1985 and 1990, about 20 sets of remains were found within about 10 meters of the site, but they were not identified as human sacrifices due to the lack of evidence.It is said that these people were probably “killed in the process of building the palace between the early 4th and early 5th centuries during the early Silla period.”Creepy.(All Images Credit: Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (GNRICH))#Silla #SouthKorea #AncientHistory #HumanSacrifice #Archaeology #Excavation