Tophet
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In the Hebrew Bible, Tophet or Topheth is a location in Jerusalem in the Valley of Hinnom, where worshipers engaged in a ritual involving "passing a child through the fire", most likely child sacrific
Tombs in the Valley of Hinnom, the location of the tophet according to the Bible.
Stelae in the Carthage tophet covered by a vault built in the Roman period
Stone marker from the tophet at Monte Sirai, Sardinia, with figural decoration
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
Tophet
…there (Eruvin 19a). Various Greek and Roman sources describe the Carthaginians as engaging in the practice of sacrificing children by burning as part of their religion. These descriptions were compared to those found in the Hebrew Bible. The ancient descriptions were seemingly confirmed by the discovery in Carthage…
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.