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  2. Punic religion - Wikipedia

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    The funerary practices of the Carthaginians were very similar to those of Phoenicians located in Levant. They include the rituals surrounding the disposal of the remains, funerary feasts, and ancestor worship. A variety of grave goods are found in the tombs, which indicate a belief in life after death. [32]

  3. Punic people - Wikipedia

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    The Punic religion was a direct continuation of the Phoenician variety of the polytheistic ancient Canaanite religion. At Carthage, the chief gods were Baal Hammon (purportedly "Lord of the Brazier") [16] and his consort Tanit, but other deities are attested, such as Eshmun, Melqart, [17] Ashtart, Reshef, Sakon, and Shamash. [18]

  4. Ancient Carthage - Wikipedia

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    The Carthaginians had a high degree of religious syncretism, incorporating deities and practices from the many cultures they interacted with, including Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Italy; conversely, many of its cults and practices spread across the Mediterranean via trade and colonisation.

  5. Carthage tophet - Wikipedia

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    The Carthage tophet, is an ancient sacred area dedicated to the Phoenician deities Tanit and Baal, located in the Carthaginian district of Salammbô, Tunisia, near the Punic ports. This tophet , a "hybrid of sanctuary and necropolis", [ 1 ] contains a large number of children's tombs which, according to some interpretations, were sacrificed or ...

  6. Cannibalism was a common funeral ritual in Europe 15,000 ...

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    Cannibalism was a routine funerary practice in Europe about 15,000 ... this study provides pretty convincing evidence that ritual funerary cannibalism was practiced by people across Europe 20,000 ...

  7. Tanit - Wikipedia

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    Tanit or Tinnit (Punic: 𐤕𐤍𐤕 Tīnnīt [3]) was a chief deity of Ancient Carthage; she derives from a local Berber deity and the consort of Baal Hammon. [a] [5] [6] As Ammon is a local Libyan deity, [7] so is Tannit, who represents the matriarchal aspect of Numidian society, [2] whom the Egyptians identify as Neith and the Greeks identify as Athena.

  8. Carthage - Wikipedia

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    The name Carthage (/ ˈ k ɑːr θ ɪ dʒ / KAR-thij) is the Early Modern anglicisation of Middle French Carthage /kartaʒə/, [12] from Latin Carthāgō and Karthāgō (cf. Greek Karkhēdōn (Καρχηδών) and Etruscan *Carθaza) from the Punic qrt-ḥdšt (𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 ‎) "new city", [b] implying it was a "new Tyre". [14]

  9. Carthage Festival inscription - Wikipedia

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    The Carthage Festival inscription on the right, in the Archaeological Museum of Turin. On the left is the Persephone Punic stele.. As the labels "On the fourth day" and "On the fifth day" (lines B.1,7) indicate, the text describes a ritual or procedure that would take several days.