Quote:Phoenicians don't seem to have practiced ritual infanticide often
This research seems to largely contradict the propaganda by Jews and Romans, their historical enemies.
Jefferey H. Schwartz et al. Skeletal Remains from Punic Carthage Do Not Support Systematic Sacrifice of Infants. PLoS ONE 2010. Open access.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Ado...ne.0009177
Anthropological studies may be problematic, but sometimes we need to fight fire with fire. Amazing how the Romans and "Jews" had the same propaganda about the Phoenicians/Carthaginians.