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Spanish conquistadors discovering victims of human sacrifices among the Incas (?). Etching by A.C.F. Villerey after N. Vallain.

An ancient priest killing a lamb as a sacrifice amidst a crowd of people. Etching by J. van den Aveele, 1681.

The sacrifice of Iphigenia or Polyxena: the victim is about to have her throat cut and her blood caught in a bowl when a god with a drawn sword appears. Etching by G. de Lairesse.

Human sacrifice among the Khonds in India: a victim (meriah) about to be dismembered. Wood engraving by C. Krull after J. Fuchs, 186-.

A wicker man inside which people are sacrificed, surrounded by the principal deities of the Saxons. Etching by Smith after R. Verstegen and A. Sammes.

Étude médico-légale du meutre rituel / Jules Marcus.

Late Carthaginian child sacrifice and sacrificial monuments in their Mediterranean context / Shelby Brown.

A human sacrifice witnessed by Captain Cook on the island of Tahiti. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1784, after J. Webber.

Human sacrifice in history and today / [Nigel Davies].

M0003727: Drawing of an individual sacrificing another human at an alter

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Étude médico-légale du meutre rituel / Jules Marcus.

Late Carthaginian child sacrifice and sacrificial monuments in their Mediterranean context / Shelby Brown.

A human sacrifice witnessed by Captain Cook on the island of Tahiti. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1784, after J. Webber.

Human sacrifice in history and today / [Nigel Davies].

M0003727: Drawing of an individual sacrificing another human at an alter