![On the left, the bodies of the three women as they were found. On the right, a drawing of what the silo was like, with the detail of the two sacrifices imprisoned by grinding stones.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/OK2G25JNEND6XADOR5ZSUVQYRA.jpg?auth=013834daa244ade39e88dfa7d749570419835f0958ed46529bc1a6c969c399b0&width=414&height=233&focal=105%2C899)
First European farmers practiced ritual killing used today by the mafia
The first examples of ‘incaprettamento’ appear in cave paintings in southern Italy dated to the European Mesolithic period
The first examples of ‘incaprettamento’ appear in cave paintings in southern Italy dated to the European Mesolithic period
The Cosa Nostra eschews headline-grabbing murders in favor of drug trafficking and corruption
The 61-year-old Cosa Nostra boss had been Italy’s most wanted criminal for decades