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Druids (ancient Priests) collect mistletoeThe Druids were highly respected by the Britons because of their wisdom and used to collect mistletoe to give to people on feast days
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, WiltshireStonehenge, with Slaughter Stone, near Salisbury, Wiltshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Lares house gods from a shrine found in HerculaneumLares house gods depicted in a Lararium shrine found in Herculaneum. Crowned genii pour libations and bring a boar to sacrfice
Roman noblemen in laurel wreaths and toga at a sacrificial rite. The lack of beards dates the scene to Hadrians or Neros reign. Pompa Sacra. From a bas-relief in the Pio Clementino Museum
Etruscan sacrificial rites depicted on a gilded silver vasePompa di un sacrifizio. Etruscan sacrificial rites depicted on a gilded silver vase. Two lines of celebrants bearing sheep for sacrifice approach an altar. Pompa di un Sacrifizio
Ancient Etruscan chimera. A winged marine demon with fish tail limbs tormenting a man and woman 1, and Scylla an infernal winged mermaid with giant hooks 2. Geni infernali
Etruscsan animal sacrificial rites. Carcasses of animals are pictured above priests, celebrants, male and female dancers and musicians. From a bas-relief on an Etruscan altar. Sacrifizi
Carved figures from Benin placed at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill, SE London, thought to be associated with the hideous sacrificial rites of Benin. Date: 1897
Vase, altar and utensilVase from the Museum Giustiniani 1, altar with sacrificial victim from the Vatican Museum 2, and metal utensil from Naples 3
Religious caps and instrumentsPriests cap called the Apex from a basrelief on the Capitol 1, cap of a high priest of Jupiter from the Temple of Jupiter the Thunderer 2, religious cap used by Flamen priests of Bacchus 3
An Aztec priest removes a mans heart in a human sacrificeAn Aztec priest removes a mans heart in a ritual with an obsidian knife on a sacrificial stone and offers it to the god Huitzilopochtli. Several young acolytes hold down the victim
Sacred instruments to Egyptian, Greek and Roman gods including phallic statue to Bacchus, sacrificial altars, vases, ladles, etc
Bacchic rites of ThalysiaTwo ministers of Bacchus with sacrificial offerings of leaves, cembalo (cymbal) and patera (bowl). Perhaps the festival of Thalysia
Animal Sacrifice in JudaismIn Judaism, the korban (also known as qorban or corban) refers to a variety of sacrificial offerings commanded in the Torah
Druids build a wicker man for sacrificeThe Wicker Man In which people were burnt as sacrifices to their deities
Ara Pacis Augustae. Goddess Roma, sitting on a pile of trophRoman Art. Italy. Ara Pacis Augustae. Dated 13th century BC. Figure of the goddess Roma, sitting on a pile of trophy weapons. Museum of the Ara Pacis. Rome. Italy
Chimu? culture. Tumi. Sacrificial ceremonial axe made of gold. It represents the god Maymlap. 11th-15th century. National Museum of Peru. Lima
In the Street of Abundance at Pompeii by MataniaA special reconstruction series of ancient Pompeii by Fortunino Matania for The Sphere. Here, in the Via Dell Abbondanza, a wealthy street in the city, is a sacrificial shrine, where anyone
Greek art. Munich Votive Relief. About 200 BC. Family aboutGreek art. Munich Votive Relief. About 200 BC. In a idyllic landscape a family about to make a sacrifice approaches the god, seated on a throne, and his companion. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany
Bronze Age. Four interlaced plaits. From Farup at Vindum, central Jutland. C. 350 BC. National Museum of Denmark
The Rolling Stone, at Putts Corner, Gittisham, Devon, England. Local folklore says that on a full moon the stone rolls down to the River Sid to wash away sacrificial blood
The Paschal Lamb (Passover sacrifice) - Exodus 12. circa 1690
Parthenon. South frieze. 447-432BC. Scene sacrifice. BritishParthenon. South frieze. 447-432BC. Greek Classical period. Scene sacrifice. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Roman art. Syria. Reliefs of a sacrifice. Palmyra ArchaeologRoman art. Syria. Reliefs of sacrifice. Palmyra Archaeological Museum. Tadmor
Ara Pacis Augustae. Aeneas sacrificing to the Penates. RelieRoman Art. Italy. Ara Pacis Augustae. Aeneas sacrificing to the Penates. Two young attendants in short tunics, with laurel wreaths
Detail of the masks of a votive stele. 4th century BCVotive stele depicting a sacrificial procession to Dionysus and Artemis for the win in a contest of theater. Votive offering, ca. 360 BC. Detail of the masks. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany
Votive stele depicting a sacrificial procession to Dionysus and Artemis for the win in a contest of theater. Votive offering, ca. 360 BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany
Relief depicting a sacrifice made by a couple. 1st century AD. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany
Italy. Pompeii. Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE). Altar with aItaly. Pompeii. Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE) with an altar depicting a sacrificial scen. The sacrificer and his aide bring the sacrificial bull, while the priest, a veil over his head
Roman Art. Italy. Pompeii. Altar of Vespasian, (69-79 CE). TRoman Art. Pompeii. Altar of Vespasian, Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE). The relief shows a sacrificial scene: the sacrificer and his aide bring the sacrificial bull, while the priest
Prehistory. The Early Iron Age. The Dejbjerg Wagon. 50 BC. NPrehistory. The Early Iron Age. The Dejbjerg Wagon. Carriage sacrificed in a west Jutland. Ceremonial carriages. Probably made in central Europe by Celtic artisans. 50 BC. National Museum of Denmark
Bronze Age. Hair in the form of braided locks was also sacrifice in the bogs. Sometimes several plaits were tied together. These deposits can be seen as both small and large sacrifices
Fragment of an entablature of the sacrificial altar. PergamoFragment of an entablature of the sacrificial altar. Marble. 156 BC. Courtyard of the great altar of Pergamum. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
Roman sacrificial offering.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages (1796)
Sacrificial bull in decorative sash led by a man in a laurel wreath after a Roman triumph.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of
Egyptian sacrificial priest and another priest with harp.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity
Elijahs Burnt Offering - 1 Kings, Chaper 18 Date: circa late 19th century
Russia - sacred sacrificial place obo. South Tuva
The Naga head-hunters of BurmaMr A. S. Vernay visited a village of the head-hunting Burmese Nagas with the American Museum of Natural History expedition, taking the photographs that appear on this page which include
A Jade sacrificial wine cup. Chinese Sung Dynasty. Date: C. 1920s
Native Canadian WorshipNative Canadians honour their deity Quitchi Manitou (variously spelt) with a huge sacrificial pyre topped with valuable goods which they hope will appease him. Date: 18th century
The Church does care!... Follow the boys who follow the flag... set aside the week ending Sunday January 27th, 1918 as a sacrificial week
Parade of sacrificial animalsThe parade of the traditional holy sacrificial animals: a ram, a bull and a pig as depicted on a carving in the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910
Two sightseers at Stonehenge, WiltshireTwo late Victorian sightseers at Stonehenge, Wiltshire. One man sits on a flat stone (possibly the sacrificial stone), while the other man leans on his bicycle
Gideon Gets the SignHe asks God for a sign that he will have heavenly support against the Midianites : an angel shows him a sacrificial lamb which bursts into flame with divine fire
Sacrificial BreadShowbread (or shewbread), in French Pains de Proposition, is brought weekly to the Temple as a sacrifice to God. If he doesn t eat it within a week, the priests consume it
Funeral of PatroclusPriests and sacrificial bull at the funeral of Patroclus