Editing Infanticide (section)

====In the New World====
{{Main|Child sacrifice in pre-Columbian cultures}}

[[Archaeologist]]s have uncovered physical evidence of [[child sacrifice]] at several locations.<ref name="Hardness"/>{{rp|16–22}} Some of the best attested examples are the diverse rites which were part of the religious practices in [[Mesoamerica]] and the [[Inca Empire]].<ref>{{cite journal | last = Reinhard| first = Johan| author-link =Johan Reinhard|author2=Maria Stenzel| title = A 6,700 metros niños incas sacrificados quedaron congelados en el tiempo| journal=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]| pages = 36–55|date=November 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exn.ca/mummies/story.asp?id=1999041452 |title=Discovery Channel: The mystery of Inca child sacrifice |publisher=Exn.ca |access-date=2013-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506113520/http://www.exn.ca/mummies/story.asp?id=1999041452 |archive-date=2008-05-06  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last = de Sahagún| first = Bernardino | author-link = Bernardino de Sahagún| title = Florentine Codex: History of the Things of New Spain| publisher = University of Utah Press| date = 1950–1982| location = Utah| title-link = Florentine Codex }}</ref>