According to researchers, two skeletons unearthed in Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, in southeastern France, were buried alive using a mafia torture technique.
Incaprettamento in the Stone Age
- a]:text-primary dark:[&>a]:text-primaryDark [&>a]:underline”>Incaprettamento is a cruel method of execution where the victim is strangled by tying the neck to the legs. This method was also used by the Sicilian mafia.
- a]:text-primary dark:[&>a]:text-primaryDark [&>a]:underline”>The archaeologists suspect that this practice of ritual sacrifice was related to fertility rituals in the agricultural cultures of the Neolithic.
Other evidence of human sacrifice
- a]:text-primary dark:[&>a]:text-primaryDark [&>a]:underline”>Scandinavian rock paintings depict figures who may have been strangled during rituals.
