This is a list of notable human sacrifices and events relating to them.

Ancient 3500 BC: Three men were sacrificed during a burial, near the town of Shendi in modern Sudan. Their remains were found alongside two dogs and ceramics.Oldest human sacrifice discovered in Africa, 16 February 2008 31st century BC: Pharaoh Hor-Aha was buried alongside his servants in the first Egyptian case of retainer sacrifice. 30th century BC: Pharaoh Qa'a was buried alongside his servants in the last Egyptian case of retainer sacrifice. 3000 BC: Archeological evidence of human sacrifice in Başur Höyük in Turkey. 2500 BC: Human sacrifice was performed in ancient city of Ur.Human sacrifice and intentional corpse preservation in the Royal Cemetery of Ur, March 2011 1700–1550 BC: Evidence of human sacrifice by Kerma culture in modern Sudan.Dying to serve: Human sacrifice during the Classic Kerma Period, January 2009

1200 BC: Fu Hao of the Shang Dynasty was buried alongside 16 sacrificed humans. 9th century BC: Arzhan culture kurgan contains evidence of human sacrifice among Scythian people.Treasures of the Scythian Kings 678 BC: Duke Wu, the tenth ruler of Qin, had 66 people buried with him. 621 BC: The 14th ruler Duke Mu had 177 people buried with him, including three senior government officials 6th–4th century BC: Archeological evidence of human sacrifice in south-western Bulgaria.Thracian Child Sacrifice Discovered in Bulgaria, 21 April 2015ON HUMAN SACRIFICE IN THRACE (ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE), 10 January 2010 537 BC: When Duke Jing of Qin died, 186 humans were buried with him, victims of funereal human sacrifice. 5th century BC: Herodotus reports of human sacrifice among Scythian people. 480 BC: According to Plutarch, Greek commander Themistocles sacrificed three Persian prisoners of war before the Battle of Salamis.Themistocles Allegedly Conducted A Human Sacrifice Before The Battle of Salamis, 10 December 2019 228 BC: First known case of human sacrifice in Ancient Rome. 216 BC: Second known case of human sacrifice in Ancient Rome: a pair of Vestal Virgins, Gauls, and Greeks were buried alive at Forum Boarium following defeat at Cannae. 145 BC: The ruler of the tribe of the Caeni, Diegylis, had sacrificed two young Greeks, and claimed that kings could not offer the same sacrificial victims as commoners. 122 BC: Nanyue king Zhao Mo was buried alongside 15 human sacrifice victims.The Nanyue Treasures----Exhibition of Unearthed Relics from Nanyue King Tomb 114 BC: Last human sacrifice occurred in Roman Republic: pair of Gauls and Greeks were buried alive at Forum Boarium. 97 BC: Roman senate outlawed human sacrifice.Ritual Killing in Ancient Rome: Homicide and Roman Superiority First century BC: Archeological remains of human sacrifice near the Egyin Gol River in Mongolia.Double Death, 25 September 2000

Early Medieval 323: Emperor Nintoku of Japan had a divine revelation in his dream to the effect that there was a person named Kowakubi in the province of Musashi and a person called Koromono-ko in the province of Kawachi. If they should be sacrificed to deities of the two rivers respectively, then the construction of embankments would be easily achieved. Kowakubi was subsequently thrown into the torrent of the Kitakawa river, with a prayer offered. After the sacrifice the embankment was constructed, Koromono-ko however escaped being sacrificed. 404: Nine people were killed at the funeral of Yax Nuun Ahiin I.Miller, Mary Ellen (1999). Maya Art and Architecture. London and New York: Thames & Hudson. . OCLC 41659173 456: Two adolescents were killed at the funeral of Sihyaj Chan Kʼawiil II.Coe, Michael D. (1999). The Maya. Ancient peoples and places series (6th, fully revised and expanded ed.). London and New York: Thames & Hudson. 464: First mention of sati (widow sacrifice) in Nepal – king Manadeva I forbade his mother from following this practice.Sati Custom in Nepal: A Historical Perspective 5h century: Human sacrifices occurred during building of Banwolseong palace in Korea.Fifth-Century Remains May Be Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Ancient Korea, 24 May 2017 4th–6th century: Traces of human sacrifice in Ballana burial site in Nubia.RETAINER SACRIFICE IN EGYPT AND IN NUBIA 589: According to a Chinese source human sacrifices were regularly performed at the Vat Phou temple in modern Laos. Late 7th century: According to a tale, Wulfram of Sens prevent a sacrifice of Frisian king Radbod's son.Wulfram 502: King of Korea outlawed human sacrifice.

The sixth-century Eastern Roman historian Menander Protector records that an embassy attending the funeral of Istemi Khagan was required by Tardu Khagan to cut their cheeks with swords in mourning. Four prisoners of war and Istemi’s warhorse were then driven into the deceased khagan’s tomb and buried with him.Menander Protector, The History of Menander the Guardsman, trans. R. C. Blockley, Fragment 19.1, pp. 176–179.

Theophanes also records a Khazar Turkic funeral involving human sacrifice: after a Khazar nobleman who had served as an ambassador in the Eastern Roman Empire died, his son buried alive thirty, or possibly three hundred, slave soldiers with him.Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, vol. I, p. 379.

790: Draft version of the Lex Frisionum, which was in force during the transitory period before the conversion to Christianity contained a provision stipulating human sacrifice by drowning as a penalty for violating a pagan template.Lex Frisionum Introduction 845: Last human sacrifice in Ireland. 893: Last human sacrifice in Britain. 9th century: Burial with five sacrificed bodies was found in Igbo Ukwu town in Nigeria.

10th century 850 – 950: Remains of a ship excavated in Balladoole on the Isle of Man hint at the possibility of human sacrifice. 922: Arab traveler Ahmad Ibn Fadlan recorded funeral sacrifice of a female slave of dead Viking ruler in today's Kazan in Russia.An Outsider’s Account of Viking Death Rituals, 19 September 2022 926: Following the death of Abaoji his widow Shulü Ping had over a hundred officials killed to accompany him in the afterlife.Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 275. 978: Theodore the Varangian and his son John were killed during human sacrifice in pagan Kiev. 980: Four children were sacrificed according to archeological findings during building of Trelleborg fortress in Denmark.A ritual site with sacrificial wells from the Viking Age at Trelleborg, Denmark 980: According to archeological evidence a male was sacrificed to accompany a buried woman in a burial of the Liao dynasty discovered in Bazhalaga in China.THE LIVES OF THE LIAO (907-1125) ARISTOCRATIC WOMEN 1000: Last human sacrifice in Iceland. Two men from each province were sacrificed.Human Sacrifice 10th century: Ibn Hawqal mentions human sacrifice in kingdom of Ghana.

11th century 1024: Human sacrifice by volkhvy reported in Suzdal in Russia. 1066: John Scotus (bishop of Mecklenburg) was sacrificed to Radegast, the god of hospitality."Harmonia Time Capsule: 1066", Harmonia, Indiana University, 13 February 2012 1071: Human sacrifice of women by volkhvy was reported in a Rostov village in Rus. 11th century: Al-Bakri mentions sacrifice of servants during royal burial in Ghana. Late 11th century: Arabic writer Abd-el-Aziz El-Bekri describes funeral sacrifice of Nubian kings.

13th century Late 12th/early 13th century: Archeological evidence of sacrifice of 14 people in Shangjing town of Liao Dynasty.Archaeologists find human sacrificial pit in Inner Mongolia, 24 December 2018 1229: When Ögedei acceded to the throne of the Mongol Empire, the Genghis Khan's grave was honoured with three days of offerings and the sacrifice of thirty maidens.Atwood, Christopher P. (2004). Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire. New York: Facts on File. , p. 163 1241: Eight volunteer warriors and twenty-six horses were sacrificed at the funeral of Jonas, chef of Cumans.Vásáry, István (2005). Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365, page 66 1265: Hulagu Khan funeral featured last known human sacrifice of rule descending from Genghis Khan.Crusader art in the Holy Land : from the Third Crusade to the fall of Acre, 1187-1291

14th century 1326: Following Nepali king Jayarudramalla death, four of his wives were burned. 1342: Gediminas's funeral included a human sacrifice, with his favourite servant and several German slaves being burned on the pyre with the corpse.Jones-Bley, Karlene; Huld, Martin E. (1996). The Indo-Europeanization of northern Europe. Institute for the Study of Man. p. 362. 1350: More than 200 people were sacrificed during the Punta Lobos massacre by members of the powerful Chimu people as a sign of gratitude to their revered sea god Ni after they conquered the fishermen's fertile seaside valley. 1350s: During his travel to Africa Ibn Battuta mentions human sacrifice at the funeral of king of Gobir in Hausaland. 1389: Following the military victories in the land of Medininkai the Samogitians cast lots which indicated Marquard von Raschau, the commander of Klaipėda (Memel), as a suitable victim for gods and burnt him on horseback in full armour. It possibly was the last human sacrifice in medieval Europe. 1398: At least 38 concubines were killed as part of Hongwu's funeral human sacrifice.

15th century 1425: 10 concubines were buried alongside Hongxi Emperor following his death.Zhu Gaochi - the Hongxi Emperor 1439: Zhu Youdun, a grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang was buried alongside his wife and six concubines. 1464: Tianshun Emperor, in his will, forbade the practice of human sacrifice for Ming emperors and princes. 1481: When king Yakshamalla of Nepal died, one of his wives refused to become sati, while other was burned. 1490s: Al-Suyuti mentions of practice of substitute sacrifice in kingdom of Gobir which involved sick people killing others.

16th century

1500s: Valentin Fernandes mentions sacrifice of wives and attendants during burials of kings among Mandingo and Beafada people in the Guinea region. 1510s: Four or five survivors of the shipwreck are allegedly ritually sacrified in the Maya Lowlands.; 1539: Mention by Christian missionaries of widespread human sacrifice in Benin kingdom. 1565: More than 140 men were allegedly beheaded as a sacrifice during the construction of the Kamakhya Temple. 1560s: Bayinnaung banned human sacrifice in the Burmese Empire.Htin Aung 1967: 117–118 1562: A testimony made on August 11, 1562 in which the Maya rebel leader Lorenzo Cocom had sacrificed young boys into the Sacred Cenote three months earlier. 1578: Altan Khan banned human sacrifice in Mongolia.Quid pro quo between Altan Khan and Dalai Lama : For enlightenment of society, 1 August 2022 1592: Mạc Mậu Hợp was ritually killed in a last known case of human sacrifice in Vietnam.Hiến sinh người: Nhìn từ sử Việt

17th century 1613: Jesit father Antonio Fernandez claimed during his visit to the Kingdom of Yamma that human sacrifices were performed during the funeral of a king.The Galla of Ethiopia The Kingdoms of Kafa and Janjero North Eastern Africa Part II 1620s: Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba engaged in human sacrifice to boost morale of her troops.Nzinga abre guerra contra os portugueses (Parte 2) 1626: Following Nurhaci's death his sons coerced his primary consort Lady Abahai to commit suicide to accompany him in death.Li, Gertraude Roth (2002), "State Building before 1644", in Peterson, Willard J. (ed.), Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9, Part 1: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 51 1633: Jan Oosterwijck describes sacrifice of 22 female slaves during a burial of a queen on Bali island. 1634: Jeremias van Vliet describes sacrifice of four pregnant women during building a fort in Thailand.THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE THAI 'CITY PILLAR'