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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…

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Pozo Moro, Kingdom of Iberia (Madrid, Spain)

Date:

ca. 500 BCE

Subjects:

Sacrifice, Children, Archaeology, Anthropology
Stone relief of human-like monster in a chair and several animals and figures.
Child Sacrifice Depicted on Stela
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Child sacrifice depicted on stela, Carthage, 4th century BCE. A priest carries a small child in his arm, apparently for sacrifice, with his hand raised in a gesture of prayer. From the cemetery of…

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Carthage, Carthage (Tunis, Tunisia)

Date:

4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Sacrifice, Prayer & liturgy, Violence, Children
Stela with images of celestial shapes on top and man holding small child below.
People from Lachish Going into Exile
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This section of the relief from the palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (reigned 705–681 BCE), in Nineveh depicting his conquest of Lachish in 701 BCE, shows Judahite inhabitants filing out of the…

Places:

Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

ca. 701 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Dress, Exile, Children

Categories:

Dress & Adornment, Sculpture
Wall relief depicting profile view of barefoot captives walking with camels, bulls, and wagons.
A Man from Lachish with His Sons
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This detail appears in a relief from the palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (r. 705–681 BCE), in Nineveh depicting the Assyrian conquest of Lachish in 701 BCE. (For the full relief, see "Conquest…

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Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

ca. 701 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Dress, Exile, Children

Categories:

Dress & Adornment, Sculpture
Wall relief of adult male walking with two boys dressed in tunics and caps.