Humans have always been creative when it comes to killing each other.
1. Celtic druids in the British Isles were said to fill wicker figures with people who would then be burned alive as sacrificial offerings.
According to the ancient Roman thinker Strabo, Celts would round up humans and animals, stuff them in wicker effigies, then burn them alive as a sacrificial offering to their gods. No modern archeological evidence has been found to prove this (though there is evidence of other types of human sacrifice among Celts), so it's entirely possible that this was ancient Roman propaganda made to paint Celts and pagans as particularly barbaric. Either way, The Wicker Man is a great film.
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