Amira, a young girl from Uruk, was sacrificed to the pagan god Ba'al as part of a pagan ritual. She was skinny and withdrawn with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes. Her collarbones jutted sharply from her skin,

The ancient Persian city-state of Uruk was known for its impressive ziggurats, but it also had a dark secret. A young girl named Amira was sacrificed to the pagan god Ba'al as part of a pagan ritual. She was a skinny, withdrawn girl with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes. Her skin was pale and translucent, with tiny veins visible under her paper-thin skin. Her collarbones jutted out sharply from her chest, and she had anemic hips that were barely visible under her skin. Despite being only 14 years old, she had already been through more than most people could imagine in their lifetimes. She lay on the sandstone altar, surrounded by candles and incense smoke as the ancient gods watched over her from above. The ghostly Persian girl lay on a sandstone altar in the desert sun, waiting for death to take her away from this world of pain and suffering.