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cannibalism
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holy act
Human Sacrifice in Iron Age & Roman Europe
Human Sacrifice in Iron Age and Roman Europe
Product details
- ISBN 9780752425283
- Weight: 610g
- Dimensions: 171 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2002
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Sacrifice, like death, is one of the great taboo subjects of modern society. The notion that human sacrifice, murder most horrid and even cannibalism could be considered a most holy act is almost inconceivable. Yet the evidence for human sacrifice in north-west Europe, deriving from both archaeology and the testimony of Classical writers of the first centuries BC/AD, has to be confronted.
This is the challenge of this original, but often disturbing, book. It brings together a wealth of archaeological, anthropological and historical evidence that has not been previously available is a valuable asset to scholars.
