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Archaeology Museum > Our programme > Exhibitions > Animal Sacrifice

Animal Sacrifice

Killing in Cult and Religion

20.05. - 30.10.2016

Duration

20.05. - 30.10.2016

Opening

19.05.2016

Location

Archaeology Museum, Schloss Eggenberg

Curators

Barbara Porod

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The remains of around 1,500 sacrificial animals from the sanctuary at Frauenberg bei Leibnitz dating from the Latène Period form the starting point for an inter-disciplinary exploration of the psychology of ritual slaughter.

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