HBH 23: Jan Bremer on Human Sacrifice

<p>In this episode I speak to Professor Jan Bremer about human sacrifice. We touch on Greek, Roman, Maya, Indian, Aztec, Druid, Egyptian, Chinese, and other instantiations of this most intentionally terrifying of all practices.</p> <p>Who were the victims?</p> <p>How common was it?</p> <p>What motivated it?</p> <p>The answers, from Prof. Bremer, were suprising. I will not say he is a human sacrifice skeptic, but he believes it was less common and less costly than sensationalized accounts would lead us to believe.</p> <p> </p> <p>Art by Ian Armstrong</p> <p>Music <em>Icy Vindur</em> by A. Himitsu</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>