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Death metal band Nile has a song called "Masturbating the War God" where they describe an ancient Egyptian ritual sacrifice in which human offerings are impaled on the phallus of the war god Anhur to gain his favor in battle. Is there anything in the previous sentence that is true?

by /u/Neveratalos in /r/AskHistorians

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