Instances Of Cannibalism In The Prehistoric And Ancient Worlds
Instances Of Cannibalism In The Prehistoric And Ancient Worlds During the siege of Jerusalem, one woman killed her son, ate half of him and save the for later. When her act was discovered, she explained why she'd done it. Her justification sent chills down our spines Flavius Josephus was a Jewish priest and historian during the 1st century CE. His written works include The Jewish War, published around the year 75 CE, which is the main historical source used when assessing the First Roman-Jewish War (66-73 CE). Josephus was a witness to many events of the conflict, having first been on the side of the Jews before switching allegiance to Rome. 0 In Book VI of The Jewish War, he tells the story of Mary of Bethezob. SHOP NOW ON AMAZON The Jewish War According to Josephus, Mary waqsqq stuck inside a besieged Jerusalem and, as famine and misery gripped the city, resorted to eating her own infant: she slew her son, and then roasted him, and eat the one half of him, and kept the othe...