Ancient Korean society practised human sacrifice: Study

An international team analysed 78 skeletons from the Imdang-Joyeong burial complex, dating to the Three Kingdoms period of Korea. The study found that in the Silla kingdom, people practised 'sunjang', a form of human sacrifice in which servants were killed and buried with the local elite. The findings revealed that the society favoured "consanguineous" marriage between related individuals.