From: SolomonW@citi.com   
      
   On 10 Dec 2019 17:38:34 GMT, reader wrote:   
      
   >>> So did the Phoenicians murder their babies on the alter,   
   >>> "Sacrifice" their own children?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>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-lig   
   t-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.   
      
   I found this comment on this fasinating   
      
   https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/21zut4/carthage_   
   nd_child_sacrifices/   
      
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