Well over 100 years since the gory murders committed in the White Chapel district of London, the identity of Jack the Ripper is still in question, and just how many others were masters in their own right of similar, bloody handiwork.
In northwest China in tombs near Mogou village, archaeologists have found hundreds of graves that contain the remains of victims of human sacrifice. This cemetery dates back more than 4,000 years.
The excavation of the tombs took place between 2009 to 2011. The
majority of them are believed to belong to the Qijia culture. Not only
were there individual burials, but in some cases entire families were
interred with their heads facing northwest.
Adjacent
to the remains were small rooms containing pottery, as well as
necklaces, bronze sabers, maces, axes daggers and knives.