The brazen bull in the Quran?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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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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.

You’re confusing the calf with the bull.

According to the original story, the calf was solid - it couldn’t have been otherwise. The embellishments made centuries later by the illiterate Mohammed are of no moment (in other words, Mohammed got the story wrong).

In any case, there is no record of the Israelites burning their offerings on anything other than an open altar. Levitical law is very specific about this.

Boru