Did The Phoenicians Sacrifice Their Children To The Gods? | Blood On The Altar | Odyssey

The Phoenicians invented the alphabet and modern navigation and introduced wine to Europe. But after the sacking of Carthage by the Romans in 146BC and the destruction of their library, the world was left with little evidence of Phoenician culture. The Greeks and Romans described them as willing to prostitute their daughters to win favour with their Gods. Were they victims of a propaganda campaign?

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