[stargazer-3]

> I thought it was well accepted

I was in a museum in Sardinia (was part of Carthage) sometime ago and saw some of the tophets mentioned in the article. The argument from the linked article was repeated on one of the info boards - that the Romans demonized their enemies and lots of our sources on alleged child sacrifice come from them. I am not sure about the Carthagenian sources on the matter, but they did not make it into the argument, so I assume the evidence was either slimmer or newer.

[ffgjgf1]

There are other (non-Roman) sources describing child sacrifice in Phoenician societies.

[vintermann]

Yeah, but they weren't exactly friends with the Phoenicians either, were they?