Artist's depiction of a human sacrifice at Anemospelia on Mt. Iuktas

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Artist's depiction of a human sacrifice at Anemospelia on Mt. Iuktas

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This is an image from a book of an artist's rendition of a human sacrifice on an altar at Anemospilia on Mt. Juktas. Simultaneously, a wall collapses in an earthquake. Three people are depicted: the man on the altar and another man and a woman.

Place name

Archanes-anemospilia (inhabited place)

Subject

People

Notes

There is some argument about the identification of human sacrifice at Anemospilia, but this accurately depicts one theory of the events there.

Date photographed

August 1980

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