Macabre Evidence Uncovered in West Africa Finds Palace Made of Blood!
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<p paraeid="{92b6d2b9-5d1d-47dc-b862-bc5b2ecd740c}{8}" paraid="1884009965"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US">In West Africa</span>’s tiny country of Benin, along the Gulf of Guinea, there's a palace with a construction history steeped in legend and macabre details. Located in Abomey, the legend says that this palace is said to have been built using the blood of voodoo sacrifice victims. In fact, Benin is often regarded as the birthplace of <a href="
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<span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US">A depiction of </span>Gezo, King of Dahomy. (<span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-IN">From?Dahomey and the </span>Dahomans, Frederick E Forbes/<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gezo_(2).jpg" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Public Domain</span></span>[/url]<span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US">)</span>? </p>
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