Child cannibalism
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Child cannibalism or fetal cannibalism is the act of eating a child or fetus. Children who are eaten or at risk of being eaten are a recurrent topic in myths, legends, and folktales from many parts of
Saturn Devouring His Son by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1745
Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya (c. 1820–1823)
Atreus carries one of Thyestes's sons off in order to cook him – 1574 engraving by Antonio Lafreri and Cornelis Cort
Illustration of Saint Nicholas resurrecting the three butchered children, from the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany (created between 1503 and 1508)
Cannibalism in Africa
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Acts of cannibalism in Africa have been reported from various parts of the continent, ranging from prehistory until the 21st century. The oldest firm evidence of archaic humans consuming each other da
Sarcophagus and funerary chamber in the Pyramid of Unas, where the Cannibal Hymn was found
An Igbo market, photographed by George Basden in the early 20th century
Royal canoe of the Kingdom of Bonny, 1890
A sculpture by Paul Wissaert depicting a leopard man, 1913