Picture No | 10057736 |
Date | circa 1870 |
Description | SACRILEGE PUNISHED |
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In Dahomey, an individual guilty of sacrilege towards a local god is sacrificed to it by being crushed between two large stones, a slow and painful way to end one's days
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Source | engraving by an unnamed French artist |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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