By Shantelle Williams-Valadié, BOLD ERG Chair and Associate Director, University Partnerships, Coursera In the 1968 Olympics, medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos punched defiant fists into the summer air, decrying oppression of Black communities in the country whose colors they wore on their tracksuits. The act seized the world of sports and was widely condemned […]
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16th-century ritual sacrifice, cannibalism and bloody slaughter revealed in Mexican city
Conquistadors murdered hundreds of Acolhua people, a sister culture of the Aztecs, after members of a Spanish caravan in Mexico were captured, sacrificed and eaten. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mexico-massacre-spanish-aztecs.html
Llamas may have been buried alive in ritual sacrifice by the Incas
The remains of llamas killed in mass sacrifices by the Incas have been found, and there is no sign of injury – suggesting the animals were buried alive Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2258014-llamas-may-have-been-buried-alive-in-ritual-sacrifice-by-the-incas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…