@HyapatiaLee 1/10 [URLs at end] Historical examples of culturally-accepted child killing and sacrifice can be found all over the globe, including Europe and the Middle East.
@HyapatiaLee 2/10 ...Carthaginians* (Sardinia, Sicily), Phoenicians* (Sardinia, Sicily), Canaanites (Levant), Samnite (ver sacrum ritual, Italy).
"Exposure": Ancient Greece, Ancient Roman, middle ages (Europe)... 2/10
@HyapatiaLee 3/10 ...
Mass child torture and execution: French Duke of Savoy, 1655 (Waldensians, France, Italy), SEE QUOTE IN IMAGE. ... 3/10
@HyapatiaLee 4/10 ... You can always find one example of something and apply it to an entire population, it's the preferred side-show card trick of bigots who speak from their ass [apologies to John Waters; his ass singing was brilliant]. ... 4/10
@HyapatiaLee 5/10 ...
* Some controversy remains, but there is recent work which argues that CS was practiced, there is archaeological evidence in the form of burned remains of children, monuments to deities and grave markers suggesting CS. ... 5/10
@HyapatiaLee 6/10 ...
Some URLs: bit.ly/3lxTGU8 "Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece", Routledge bit.ly/3n4isf7 "Hardness of Heart/hardness of Life, The Stain of Human Infanticide", University Press. ... 6/10
@HyapatiaLee 7/10 ... tinyurl.com/2p83wa8r "Ancient Carthaginians really did sacrifice their children", Oxford University. bit.ly/3lDPq5w "Late Carthaginian Child Sacrifice and Sacrificial Monuments in their Mediterranean Context" Cambridge University. ... 7/10
@HyapatiaLee 8/10 ... bit.ly/3JWHdCQ "Cemetery or sacrifice? Infant burials at the Carthage Tophet, Age estimations attest to infant sacrifice at the Carthage Tophet", Cambridge University. ... 8/10
@HyapatiaLee 9/10 ... bit.ly/3ZaO3sJ "Did the Carthaginians Really Practice Human Child Sacrifice", DailyHistory.org. bit.ly/42svRxL "Bulgarian Archaeologists find Evidence of 2,700-Year-Old Thracian Child Sacrifice", Miller. ... 9/10
@HyapatiaLee 10/10 ... bit.ly/3LGm5lD "Pozo Moro, Child Sacrifice, and the Greek Legendary Tradition", Rundin bit.ly/42pNK0l "Infanticide: a historical survey", History of Childhood Quarterly bit.ly/3JzbO8b "History of the Waldenses", Wylie, Pyranean. 10/10
1/ @HyapatiaLee Some eagle nest (and one Red Tailed Hawk nest) cams as promised.
Two Harbors Bald Eagle Nest (Eagle sitting on nest 3/7/2023, two eggs mentioned in chat) 1/
2/ Decorah Eagles Nest (eagle sitting on nest 3/7/2023) 2/
3/ Bald Canyon Bald Eagle Nest (eagle sitting on nest 3/7/2023, 3 eggs mentioned in other chat) 3/
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