The Altar Stone is considered a bluestone ... for astronomical reasons and others theorizing it was related to human sacrifice.

Nobody knows whether the Altar Stone served as an altar, just as the nearby “Slaughter Stone” probably had nothing to do with sacrifice — human or otherwise. These were just the romantic ...

Pounds at the bases of the shrines were filled with water only when sacrifices were held. To the east of the altar, two stone shrines engraved with landscapes were used for sacrifices to the ...

An ancient altar has been unearthed that is believed to have been used to sacrifice children in an abandoned 'city of the gods'. Proof of 'ancient biblical battle' uncovered at 'Armageddon' site ...

Deer stone monuments dated from approximately 1200 to 600 BCE. They are almost always located within complexes that include khirgisüürs (elaborated burial mounds), sacrificial altars, human burials ...

The face on the altar, on which the Mayas made sacrifices, seems frightening to us today ... What gives life to these stone structures is the way Catherwood manipu-lated the light in his drawings. The ...

and are almost always located in complexes that include large burial mounds called khirgisüürs and sacrificial altars. Covered with highly stylized or representational engravings of stags, deer stones ...