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Human sacrifice was an important ritual in many ancient cultures. In the Maya civilization, human sacrifice was believed to appease the gods and ensure important events like successful harvests or military victories. Priests would perform ritual sacrifice of captives or volunteers by removing their hearts with an obsidian blade on top of temples or pyramids as offerings to the gods.
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