A Strange Ritual Murder Was Repeated Across Europe For More Than 2,000 Years

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A Strange Ritual Murder Was Repeated Across Europe For More Than 2,000 Years

Two women who have shared a single grave in the central Rhône Valley since their deaths roughly 6,000 years ago may have been forced to strangle themselves to death in the belief their sacrifice would bring prosperity to their agrarian community.