Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age & Roman Europe

Miranda Green,Miranda Green

Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age & Roman Europe
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 April 2002
Pages
240
ISBN
9780752425283

Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age & Roman Europe

Miranda Green,Miranda Green

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. Brings together a wealth of archaeological, anthropological and historical evidence that has not been previously available is a valuable asset to scholars. ‘A very ambitious book, set fair to become a bestseller’ Journal of the British Archaeological Association.

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