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From the Vault: Funeral for a Bug

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Roll of Flies and Their Symbolism

The moche, they excelled in seramics. They practised human sacrifice. Ndto be clear, a lot of ancient cultures did a not to sweep human sacrifice under the rug or anything. Their seramic illustrations reveal a lot about the roll of flies and their beliefs with ther for instance, there these motifs of flies following prisoners to execution as well as oval shaped motifs that may represent is emerging from the pucaria. It's really interesting to think about this. This would have been a society where, instead of sort of taking the egyptian route and saying, well, the flies are part of the soul leaving the body, and we have this magical symbolism

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