Sardinia: Mysteries of the Bronze Age
The Ancients
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The Phoenician Culture in Sardinia
There is strong evidence that in some cult sites of the Phoenician presence, particularly in Sardinia, as well as North Africa, they may have been performing child's sacrifices. There are these large sanctuaries, particularly around the community of Faros and Nora, where these large open air sanctuaries contain the massive amount of burials of child remains. It could be that the result of the actual sacrifices was a far smaller number and then other children who died out of natural causes were also buried in these cult places. So we cannot distinguish between the two. But it is an episode that connects the glamorous and important trading culture of thePhoenicians with a darker aspect of the society
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