Were living Children Sacrificed to the Gods? No - The BAS Library

Were living Children Sacrificed to the Gods? No

Were it not for a few classical accounts, scholars would probably not attribute the burials in the Carthage Tophet to child sacrifice. Some of the more sensational stories, such as those related by the first-century B.C. historian Diodorus Siculus, have been picked up in modern times and passed off as the entire truth. In … Continue reading Were living Children Sacrificed to the Gods? No