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   Re: Did they or didn't they?   
   10 Dec 19 17:38:34   
   
   >> So did the Phoenicians murder their babies on the alter,   
   >> "Sacrifice" their own children?   
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   >Detailed assessments of centuries-old burial sites suggest Phoenicians and   
   >their Carthaginian successors performed rituals of child sacrifice   
   >   
   >https://www.browndailyherald.com/2014/02/12/analysis-sheds-ligh   
   -ancient-phoenician-child-sacrifice-mystery/   
      
   An archaeologist of my acquaintance worked at the Carthage site doing   
   forensic analysis of the child sacrifices.   
      
   The children were buried in ceramic pots.   
      
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