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Dedicating objects to the divine was a central component of both Greek and Roman religion. Some of the most conspicuous offerings were shaped like parts of the internal or external human body: so-calledanatomical votives. These archaeological artefacts capture the modern imagination, recalling vividly the physical and fragile bodies of the past whilst posing interpretative

Title : Bodies of Evidence: Ancient Anatomical Votives Past, Present and Future (Medicine and the Body in Antiquity Book 1)
Author : Jane Draycott
Language : en
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