The earliest known example of human Egypt sacrifice may perhaps be found in Pre dynastic burials in the south of Egypt, dated to the Naqada II Period. One of the discovered bodies showed marks of the throat having been cut before decapitation took place.

Egypt Sacrifice by Human

One form of human sacrifices to the gods may have been in the form of slaying criminals and prisoners of war. The man and the victim are normally before either gods or men of power, making it seem as if these scenes are of human sacrifices.

Egypt Sacrifice by Animal

Animal sacrifice was a common ritual in ancient Egypt. The most usual sacrificial animals were geese, goats, cattle and antelopes, the latter of which was especially close to the divine opponent, Seth because their mutual home was the desert.

In honor of Baal, the Sun god, and god of fire, the Carthaginians, following the rituals of the Phoenicians and Canaanites, rolled children into a fiery pit made in the shape of the image of Baal/Moloch. At a site near modern Tunis, six thousand urns were found containing the charred remains of infants

In case of retainer sacrifice, the sacrificed retainers, servants, slaves or even nobles or family members all had their own burial pits as part of the Abtu (Abydos) tomb complex of each ruler of the 1st Dynasty.

These people were thought to carry on their respective positions in the afterlife, for example, the slaves and servants were killed so that they could continue to carry out their work for their master.

Egypt Sacrifice by red-headed men

The Egyptians would sacrifice red-headed men on the tomb of Osiris because red was the colour associated with Set, the Egyptian version of Satan. Some rituals recalled by people today who have suffered indescribably in these horrors mirror those detailed in the Egyptian Book Of The Dead and include keeping hearts in a jar.