Huitzilopochtli: The History of the Aztec God of War and Human Sacrifice

Time and Sacrifice in the Aztec Cosmos 0253334004, 9780253334008

This introduction to the imaginative world of the Mexica (or Aztec) explores sacrifice in the richly textured life of 16

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Human Sacrifice and the Supernatural in African History 9987082424, 9789987082421

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The Strange World of Human Sacrifice (Studies in the History and Anthropology of Religion) [1, 1 ed.] 9042918438, 9789042918436

This is the first modern collection of studies on one of the most gruesome and intriguing aspects of religion. The volum

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Isonzo: The Forgotten Sacrifice of the Great War 0275972046, 9780275972042

This is the first account in English of a much-overlooked, but important, First World War battlefront located in the mou

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The Fate of Earthly Things: Aztec Gods and God-Bodies 0292760884, 9780292760882

Following their first contact in 1519, accounts of Aztecs identifying Spaniards as gods proliferated. But what exactly d

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The Day of Sacrifice.

This is a rare look inside the mysterious, romantic and turbulent Iran of the 1950's. KiaNoush is a young man witho

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The Fate of Earthly Things: Aztec Gods and God-Bodies 9780292762985

Following their first contact in 1519, accounts of Aztecs identifying Spaniards as gods proliferated. But what exactly d

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Cortes and the Downfall of the Aztec Empire 0786702710, 9780786702718

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Human Sacrifice and the Supernatural in African History [1 ed.] 9789870827047, 9789987082421

Since time immemorial, human beings the world over have sought answers to the vexing questions of their origins, sicknes

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Sacrifice and Rebirth: The Legacy of the Last Habsburg War 9781782388494

When Austria-Hungary broke up at the end of the First World War, the sacrifice of one million men who had died fighting

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