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Moloch, enforcer of systems universally hated! Moloch, the sacrifice of children! Moloch the dictatorless dystopia! Moloch, parents literally killing their own babies! Moloch, holy shit this was an actual thing! ox.ac.uk/news/2014-01-2… cc: @slatestarcodex

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Ancient Carthaginians really did sacrifice their children | University of Oxford

After decades of scholarship denying that the Carthaginians sacrificed their children, new research has found 'overwhelming' evidence that this ancient civilisation really did carry out the practice.