The brazen bull in the Quran?

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But this comes in:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016...-sacrifice


It's hard to oust the possibility of an ancient heathen society being engaged in human sacrifice.

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There's this link also:

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greece-...ice-755549

Ancient Greece: "Shocking" Dismembered Human Skull Reveals Long-Debated Ritual Sacrifice of Virgins

How can you tell a skull belonged to a virgin?

I think you can guess from the age of the victim.
Bones tell a lot about the age of the body; a 14 years old girl in that era will mostly be a virgin, but that's only a personal guess.

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But this comes in:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016...-sacrifice


It's hard to oust the possibility of an ancient heathen society being engaged in human sacrifice.

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There's this link also:

https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-greece-...ice-755549

Ancient Greece: "Shocking" Dismembered Human Skull Reveals Long-Debated Ritual Sacrifice of Virgins

I didn't say the Greeks didn't engage in human sacrifice.  I said their sacrifices took place on an altar, not inside a bronze bull.  Read your article.

Boru

If the bull represents a certain deity, then a special sacrifice can be guessed: that's why I think the Quran focused on the "lowing sound" the calf made. It seems perfect to build such a symbol for a deity that makes a sound during sacrifices.

The "lowing sound" is a direct pointer to the calf being hollow from the inside, when you stuff people inside and ignite it, they burn and the lowing sound is made.