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Authors: Vera Tiesler
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02-15 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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This book examines Maya sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation. The editors bring together an international group of contributors from the area stud
The Sacred Body
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Pages: 240
Authors: Nicola Laneri
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The human body represents the perfect element for relating communities of the living with the divine. This is clearly evident in the mythological stories that r
Ritual Human Sacrifice in Mesoamerica
Language: en
Pages: 530
Authors: Rubén G. Mendoza
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Journey to the Republic of Guatemala; Land of the Maya
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The Central American country of Guatemala was populated by the Maya people whose empire extended from Honduras to the south to today's southern Mexico. Remnants
Human Sacrifice
Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: Laerke Recht
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-20 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Sacrifice is not simply an expression of religious beliefs. Its highly symbolic nature lends itself to various kinds of manipulation by those carrying it out, w