Image of A Phoenecian sacrifice to Moloch, illustration from 'Hutchinson's History of by Dovaston, Margaret (1884-1954)

A Phoenecian sacrifice to Moloch, illustration from 'Hutchinson's History of the Nations', c.1910-15 (litho)

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IMAGE number: STC357963
Image title: A Phoenecian sacrifice to Moloch, illustration from 'Hutchinson's History of the Nations', c.1910-15 (litho)
Artist: Dovaston, Margaret (1884-1954) / English
Location: Private Collection
Medium: lithograph

Image description: The annual sacrifice of children to Baal, or Moloch; The god was represented by a brazen figure with outstretched arms, heated by a fire kindled inside it and the children were placed inside it;
Photo credit: The Stapleton Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: baby / child / Dovaston Margaret (1884-1954) / illustrator / phoenicians / offering / priests / cruelty / ritual / idol / icon / rite / phoenician / male / sacrificial / flames / statue / tradition / Engraving / Mzengraving

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