Sacrifice Collection

Druids Sacrifice Child
A child is sacrificed to the Druid deity

The Great Sacrifice by James Clark, WW1
The Great Sacrifice by James Clark, originally published in the 1914 Christmas number of The Graphic. Depicting a dead soldier on a battlefield with an ethereal image of Christ on the cross shining

Propaganda poster: prime ministers statement
Second world war propaganda poster. Above a photograph of five brave airmen is a quotation from the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill: Never was so much owed by so many to so few

Moloch
MOLOCH the Phoenician deity to whom live children were sacrificed by fire Date: 7th century BC

King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti making a Sacrifice
Illustration showing the ancient Egyptian rulers King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti making an offering to the sun. This illustration was made from a carving found in the tomb of Ay, El Amarna

Americans Land D-Day
American troops under enemy fire wading through the sea to land on the beaches of Normandy, France

Customs / Sacrifice / Human
AZTECS OF MEXICO Priests of Tenochtitlan sacrifice victims to the god Huitzilopochtli

Sacrifice of Abel and Melchizedek (538-545 AD). Basilica of
Scene of Abrahams life. Abel and Melchizedek bringing their offerings to the altar (538-545 AD). Basilica of St. Vitale. Presbytery. South wall. Rabenna. Italy

Vengeance of Poseidon
When Laomedon doesn t settle his bill for helping to build Troy, Poseidon devastates the city with a flood, and forces Laomedon to sacrifice his daughter to a sea monster

Druids (ancient Priests) collect mistletoe
The Druids were highly respected by the Britons because of their wisdom and used to collect mistletoe to give to people on feast days

The Haunted Lady, Punch
The Haunted Lady, or The Ghost in the Looking-Glass. A lady admires her new dress, but the mirror reveals the sacrifice made: the death of the wretched seamstress

Secular Games held in Rome
The Secular Games (Ludi Saeculares) are held in Rome to commemorate a 100-year span of Roman history. Despite their name, the Games were a religious celebration involving sacrifices

Iphigenia in Tauris
Rescued by Artemis from sacrifice at Aulis, she becomes a priestess on Tauris, but her experience has given her a distaste for human sacrifice and she is unhappy

Blind Italian soldier - WWI
Italian soldiers blinded during World War One - a poem explaining their fate. Date: circa 1918

Ancient Italian Anphora
An Amphora of Cervetri representing a sacrifice. Cervetri is an ancient stronghold of Etruvia

Iphigenia Not Sacrificed
Agamemnon is about to sacrifice his daughter so the Greek fleet can get under way to Troy, but Diana substitutes a deer at the last minute, and spirits her off to Tauris

Priest at the Golden Altar of Incense
This engraving depicts a Jewish Priest burning incense in the Golden Altar of Incense. Incense was burned daily on this altar during morning and the evening sacrifices

HUMAN SACRIFICE, PERU
Human sacrifice by the Incas of Peru 1 of 2 Date: pre-conquest

Mexican Priest Cut the Heart Out of Human Sacrifice
AZTECS OF MEXICO A priest cuts the heart out of a living victim Date: circa 16th century

Eponymous archons or chief magistrates of ancient Greece
Eponymous archon or chief magistrate examining a young man 1, and archon with two deputies 2. From ancient Greek vases. Arconti nelL Esercizio del loro Magistrato

Altar of Incense
Incense offering in Judaism was related to perfumed offerings on the altar of incense during the Tabernacle and the First and Second Temple period

Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in The Only Way, based on Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. circa 1900s

India - Calcutta - Sacrificing a goat early 1900s

Sacrifice of Pharaoh Rameses II to the Gods of Posterity
Ancient Egypt - The Sacrifice of Pharaoh Rameses II to the Gods of Posterity (a wall relief from Luxor Temple)

Slaughter Stone, Stonehenge, near Salisbury, Wiltshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Stonehenge, near Salisbury, Wiltshire
Stonehenge, with Slaughter Stone, near Salisbury, Wiltshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Idol Vitzliputzli (Huitzilopochtli). Mexican idol. Engraving. Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progresos de la America septentrional

The Great Aztec Temple at Tenochtitlan. Dedicated to the god of war. Built in a large square, with an ashlar wall, carved on the outside with different loops of chained snakes. Engraving

Human sacrifices in the Country of the Bakutis
History of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Human sacrifices in the country of the Bakutis, near the Equator station. Chromolithography

The Sacrifice
A group sculpture of some figures, stood closely together, with limbs entwined, the main feature is that of a man and woman kissing. Used on the Victor Emmanuel II monument in Rome. Date: circa 1911

The Flag
An evocative painting of a soldier, who lay dead at the paws of a lion, (a symbol of Britain) with a Canadian red ensign flag draped over him to a grieving gathering of people

The Sacrifice of Noah after the flood, by Leandro Bassano
Leandro Bassano (1557-1622). Italian painter. The Sacrifice of Noah after the flood. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Corporal A. Drake VC
A sketch giving an impression of the VC action of Corporal Alfred George Drake of the Rifle Brigade. His citation reads For most conspicuous bravery on the night of 23rd Nov

Death of Tobias Rehs, 2nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment, WW1
1914-1916 - For the Fatherland, Death of.Tobias Rehs of the 2nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment on 6/3/1915. Honour his memory, an example and model to those who come after him. By Fritz Erler (1868-1940)

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, ca. 1515. Patinir, Joachim (1480-1524). Oil on wood

CUSTOMS/SUTTEE
Women prepare for a suttee of a Hindu widow Date: circa 1840

The last sacrifice of the women of the Otomie. Date: First published: 1893

ZULU GIRLS BURIED ALIVE
When Muande, mother of Zulu chief Tchaka, dies, she is given an extravagant send-off, one feature of which is that ten girls are buried alive alongside her Date: mid 19th century

Sacrifice Guinea Customs Human 1737 King Dies
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MADAGASCAR INFANTICIDE
A Madagascar couple lay their infant in the road along which cattle are driven, so that the animals will trample it and bear the responsibility for its death Date: 1845

TIBETANS YAK SACRIFICE
Tibetans sacrificing a yak : at the death of a tribesman the animal is precipitated from a high cliff on which it has been driven Date: 1905

Samuel Hearnes Expedition to northern Canada 1769
Samuel Hearne watching a Native American sword-swallower 58, North American beaver, Castor canadensis 59 and Indians boiling water in a wooden barrel with hot stones 60

Hernan Cortez in Mexico
Hernan Cortez landing at Tabasco, Mexico 10, presented with 20 women including Marina by the Mayans 11, and destroying a Mayan temple and idols 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Ancient Germanic deities. Statue of the sun god Sunna 1, moon god Mani 2, witches, magas mulieres or Haliurunna 3, goddess of fertility Ziwa or Siva 4. Divinita di Germani

Governor Landenberg, medieval Switzerland. The local peasants present him with customary gifts of chickens, goats, and baskets of wool. Balio di Landerberg

Muezzin performing the call to prayer or adhan
Muezzin in turban and robes performing the call to prayer or adhan. Muezzin particolare. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Gods worshipped by the ancient Persians. Saturn 1, Jupiter-Horus with bird head 2, Mars 3, double-headed Sun god 4, Venus 5, Mercury with pig head and fish tail 6 and Moon god on horseback 7

Roman suovetaurilia or suovitaurilia sacrifice ceremony. A woman offers a prayer in front of an altar to Mars, young men in laurel wreaths bring a bull, a ram and a pig for sacrifice

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