Punic religion
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The Punic religion, Carthaginian religion, or Western Phoenician religion in the western Mediterranean was a direct continuation of the Phoenician variety of the polytheistic ancient Canaanite religio
Adorned Statue of the Punic Goddess Tanit, 5th-3rd centuries BC, from the necropolis of Puig des Molins, Ibiza (Spain), now housed in the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Barcelona)
Stele from the tophet of Salammbô at Carthage, bearing the sign of Tanit.
Roman coin (59 BC) depicting Sid Babi (Sardus Pater), a Punic god worshipped in Sardinia.
Terra cotta incense burner in the shape of Baal-Hammon, 2nd century BCE, Carthage National Museum.
Canaanite religion
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The religion and mythic beliefs of the people in the land of Canaan in the southern Levant during approximately the first three millennia BCE were polytheistic and in some cases monolatristic. They we
Punic religion
…Carthaginian religion, or Western Phoenician religion in the western Mediterranean was a direct continuation of the Phoenician variety of the polytheistic ancient Canaanite religion. However, significant local differences developed over the centuries following the foundation of Carthage and other Punic communities elsewhere in North…
Ba'al with Thunderbolt stele from Ugarit, c. 15th century BCE
Putative statuette of El (c. 1400–1200 BCE) from Tel Megiddo in northern Israel