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Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age and Roman Europe
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Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age and Roman Europe
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by Miranda Aldhouse Green
Sales Rank : 784996
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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Tempus April 1, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0752425285
ISBN-13: 978-0752425283
Product Dimensions:
9.6 x 6.5 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Product Description
Sacrifice, like death, is one of the great taboos of modern society. The notion that human sacrifice, and even cannibalism, could be considered a most holy act is almost inconceivable. Yet the evidence for human sacrifice in northwest Europe, deriving from both archaeology and the testimony of Classical writers of the first centuries BC and AD, has to be confronted. Professor Green puts forward some reasons for ritual murder and shows how the multiple deposits of bog-bodies at sites like Tollund and Lindow illustrate the importance of place in the sacrificial rite. She also highlights the essential role of the priesthood in sacrificial murder.
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