The ancient city-walls were crumbling, and the sandstone altar was cracked. A ghostly Persian girl lay on a sandstone altar, her skin was pale and sunken. She had dark circles under her eyes, and her lips were

The ancient city-walls were crumbling, and the sandstone altar was cracked. A ghostly Persian girl lay on a sandstone altar, her skin was pale and sunken. She had dark circles under her eyes, and her lips were thin. Her collarbones jutted out of her bony chest, and she had anemic skin. She was a sacrifice to the pagan god Ba'al, who demanded human sacrifices to appease him. She lay there on the altar with a blank expression on her face as she waited for death to take her away from this world of pain and suffering.