CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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Storing sacrificed child remains
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Storing the cremated remains of children
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Containing the sacrificial alter for religious practises such as child sacrifice
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Burial chamber for children
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Detailed explanation-1: -Other researchers still believe the Tophet was a place for sacred killing. “This is not a regular cemetery; the age distribution suggests they were sacrificing infants at the age of 1 month, ‘’ said Patricia Smith, an anthropologist at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Detailed explanation-2: -Just as ancient Greek and Roman propagandists insisted, the Carthaginians did kill their own infant children, burying them with sacrificed animals and ritual inscriptions in special cemeteries to give thanks for favours from the gods, according to a new study.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Tophet (also topheth) was a sacred precinct usually located outside cities where sacrifices and burials were made, especially of young children, in rituals of the Phoenician and then Carthaginian religion.
Detailed explanation-4: -The tophet is a special type of necropolis, destined for the burial of cremated remains of stillborn children or babies who died shortly after birth. The ashes were kept in urns and also vases can be found that contain the ashes of small sacrificed animals.