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“Child abandonment was common in the ancient world, and human sacrifice is found in many historical societies, but child sacrifice is relatively uncommon”

The whole article is about this not being well accepted by ancient authors nor by modern historians, that’s why it’s a big deal

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No the article is about how child sacrifice by Carthaginians was widely accepted by ancient (Greek and Roman) authors, but has been doubted by (some) 20th Century historians and archeologists.

I guess it depends on what it means "accepted"; my sentence is indeed ambiguous.

Romans did not accept (like) the fact that Carthaginians sacrificed children. They did accept (acknowledge, which is a much better word here) the fact that children were sacrificed there.

Some modern historians/archeologies did not acknowledge (nor presumably like) that at all.

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