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by coliveira 2527 days ago
A common thread of ancient civilizations was the denunciation of child sacrifice in other cultures, when in fact all such cultures had elements of child sacrifice. The greeks most probably also practiced child sacrifice:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/10/skeletal-rem...

The same can be said of ancient Israelites (read the tale of the daughter of Jephthah, as well as David's sacrifice of the sons of Saul "to the Lord"). The same can be said of Romans and Egyptians.