Human sacrifice
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Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is typically intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public or jurisdictional demands for justice by capi
The Sacrifice of Iphigeneia, a depiction of a sacrificial procession on a mosaic from Roman Spain
Human sacrifice in the kingdom of Dahomey
Hawaiian sacrifice, from Jacques Arago's account of Freycinet's travels around the world from 1817 to 1820
The mythological sacrifice of Polyxena by the triumphant Greeks at the end of the Trojan War
Headhunting
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Headhunting is the practice of hunting a human and collecting the severed head after killing the victim. More portable body parts can be taken as trophies, instead. Headhunting has been practiced by m
Human sacrifice
…in order for them to continue to serve their master in the next life. Closely related practices found in some tribal societies are cannibalism and headhunting. Human sacrifice is also known as ritual murder. Human sacrifice was practiced in many societies, beginning in prehistoric times. By the Iron Age (1st…
Digital painting of a Mississippian-era priest, with a ceremonial flint mace and a severed head, based on a repousse copper plate.
A 1908 photo of a Bontoc warrior bearing a headhunter's chaklag chest tattoo
Punan Bah heads taken by Sea Dayaks
Human skulls in a tribal village; colonial Papua, 1885