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Child Sacrifice in Relief
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Child sacrifice in relief, Pozo Moro, Spain, ca. 500 BCE. The relief shows a two-headed monster receiving offerings in bowls. One bowl holds a child. Because the site shows Phoenician influence, the…

Places:

Pozo Moro, Kingdom of Iberia (Madrid, Spain)

Date:

ca. 500 BCE

Subjects:

Sacrifice, Children, Archaeology, Death, Anthropology

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Religion & Theology
Stone relief of human-like monster in a chair and several animals and figures.
The Story of Isaac
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The door it opened slowly, My father he came in, I was nine years old. And he stood so tall above me, His blue eyes they were shining And his voice was very cold. He said, “I’ve had a vision And…

Contributor:

Leonard Cohen

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Date:

1968

Subjects:

Family, Piety, Violence, Sacrifice, Death

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Popular Poetry, Music
Troubadour
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The road is long and wide The road is long and resplendent We all walk it till the very end We all walk it until the bitter end But I walk the road alone I give thanks and sing Hallelujah I sing a…

Contributor:

Naomi Shemer

Places:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Date:

1958

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, War, Death, Sacrifice

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Popular Poetry, Music