Human Sacrifice at Ur
A king's household sacrificed: a reconstruction. Leonard Woolley's excavations at Ur in 1928 uncovered evidence of a 5, 000 year old human sacrifice at a Sumerian king's burial. The tomb, far right, is broken diagrammatically to reveal the interior. See picture 10279931 for the scene shortly before the sacrifice
Picture No
10279942
Media ID
46055890
Size
3350px x 4193px
(1.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustrated London News June 23, 1928, pp. 1174. A reconstruction drawing by A. Forestier
Date
4th millenium BC
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