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Punic stelae from the tophet at Carthage. This was a cemetery for cinerary urns of children and small animals. The immolation of young children by Punic priests was a religious rite to ward off exceptional disasters. 3rd-2nd BCE.
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ART205756
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Purpose
Public
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5709px × 3783px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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Archaeology
Cemetery
Child
Fire
Mausoleum
Offering
Orthostat
Phoenician
Ritual
Sacrifice
Stele
Tomb
Tombstone