Human sacrifice : myth, reality and representation [videorecording] / [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Human sacrifice : myth, reality and representation [videorecording] / [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

This scholarly program explores the history of human sacrifice in the ancient Mediterranean worlds of Greece, Phoenicia, Etruria, and Rome, as well as allegations made against the practices of Jews and civilizations of Pre-Columbian Mexico, the persistence of the notion in 18th-century France, and its representation in modern film.

4 videodiscs of 4 (DVD) (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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