Study debunks millennia-old claims of systematic infant sacrifice in ancient Carthage

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Study debunks millennia-old claims of systematic infant sacrifice in ancient Carthage

A new study may finally lay to rest the millennia-old conjecture that the ancient empire of Carthage regularly sacrificed its youngest citizens. An examination of the remains of Carthaginian children revealed that most infants perished prenatally or very shortly after birth and were unlikely to have lived long enough to be sacrificed.