Cyril Ruoso / Men participating in ceremony around sacrificial altar / ovoo to worship mountain, milk libation poured as offerings to mountain deities. Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, Mongolia. 2018.
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Pascal Kobeh / Mayan skull, possibly result of human sacrifice to the gods that the Maya culture made and then threw in cenote, Prehispanic Era, Punta Laguna Cenote, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico
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Pascal Kobeh / Mayan human and animal skulls and bones, possibly result of human sacrifice to the gods that the Maya culture made and then threw in cenote, pre-Hispanic era, Punta Laguna Cenote, Yucatan peninsula, M...
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Pascal Kobeh / Mayan skull, possibly result of human sacrifice to the gods that the Maya culture made and then threw in cenote, pre-Hispanic era, Punta Laguna Cenote, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico
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Pascal Kobeh / Mayan human skull and bones, possibly result of human sacrifice to the gods that the Maya culture made and then thrown into cenote, pre-Hispanic era, Punta Laguna Cenote, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico
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Pete Oxford / Apatani Grave or Biyu. Skeletons of sacrificed animals are placed on the grave, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Apatani sacrificial area used for ceremonies or by a shaman, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Apatani sacrificial area used for ceremonies or by a shaman, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Apatani sacrificial area used for ceremonies or by a shaman, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.
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Pete Oxford / Apatani sacrificial area used for ceremonies or by a shaman, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / The skins and meat from sacrificed young reindeer adorns the inside of a Chukchi Yaranga (tent) during the 'Festival of the Young Reindeer'. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Chicken about to be ceremonially sacrificed at wedding in the village of Ambeduco. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.