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Moloch was a god worshiped by the Phoenicians and Carthaginians to whom human sacrifices were offered, especially of children. He was depicted as a figure with the head of a bull or sheep sitting on a throne. The children were placed in the outstretched hands of a large bronze statue of Moloch and fell into the fire. Although his cult spread throughout the Mediterranean, it declined with the expansion of the Roman Empire. Moloch is mentioned in the Bible and in literary works.

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