Defenders Of Children

Pharaoh viewed the Hebrews as a growing threat to the Egyptian way of life, so he ordered all Hebrew baby boys killed. King Herod feared that a future king would arise from Bethlehem, so he ordered all boys ages two and under to be killed in that region. In first-century Rome, it was common practice to leave unwanted children, especially baby girls, to die of exposure to the elements. Child sacrifice was common in the Incan Empire. Three thousand bones of sacrificed young children have been excavated on Sardinia in the Mediterranean.