Sacrifices

Of humans and animals

Take a walk on the dark side of religion and ancient beliefs in this book that deals with human and animal sacrifices. People were ritually killed in a manner that was supposed to please or appease a god or spirit. While not widely known, human sacrifices for religious reasons still exist today in a number of nations.

In India a widow would be put on her husband's funeral pyre, this is known as Sati, while in parts of Africa there are medicine murders, called "muti killings".

This book describes humans who were sacrificed in ancient times, that often included young children. You'll find it hard to put this book down.