Ancient grave stones at the sanctuary of Tophet

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  • Photo title: Ancient grave stones at the sanctuary of Tophet
  • Author: Sandraipswich
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  • Originally dedicated to the deities Baal Hammon and Tanit, this Carthaginian sacrificial site and burial ground is dotted with stubby stelae engraved with simple geometric shapes and symbols. When the site was excavated by a French team of archaeologists in 1921, more than 20,000 urns, each containing the ashes of a child mostly newborn, but also children up to age four, were found under the stelae
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1921 20000 age ancient archaeologists ashes baal burial carthage carthaginian cathage child children containing dedicated deities dotted each engraved excavated found four french geometric grave ground hammon jul more mostly newborn originally sacrificial sanctuary shapes simple site stelae stones stubby symbols tanit team than tophet trophet tunis tunisia urns

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