South China Morning Post · sacrificial burial

How China’s macabre practice of human sacrifice in burials came to an end

· By Wee Kek Koon
Story summary

In China, elites were buried with human companions as far back as the Neolithic period. Over time, symbolic figures replaced real people.

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