Tunisia-2924 - This Place Bothered Me.........
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Carthage's Tophet is on the edge of the ancient city. The cremated remains in urns were often accompanied by rich grave goods and marked with grave stelae dedicated to Baal and Tanit, the city’s patron deities. The graves were exclusively of young children.
It seems that it was a graveyard but "tophet" refers to a area of sacrifice. Carthaginians sacrificed the children of the elite at times of trouble to seek help from the gods.
The gravesite was used for over 600 years and covered only a hectare of land so future generations were buried over their predecessors.
There are people who dispute that the children were sacrificed but that they may have died on birth.
Baal & Tanit were:
Baal, El, the Ruler of the Universe, Son of Dagan, Rider of the Clouds, Almighty, Lord of the Earth (similar to Greek Zeus or Roman Jupiter)
Tanit, Queen Goddess of Carthage, the Mother Goddess, Queen of Good Fortune and the Harvest
Comments and faves
Fred Matos, Guylaine Begin - PhotosNature, ~suchitra~, Lélia Valduga, and 18 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Fred Matos (9 months ago | reply)
Great work, Dennis
Guylaine Begin - PhotosNature (9 months ago | reply)
Fantastic images my friend.
~suchitra~ (9 months ago | reply)
Wonderful series., Lovely images with lots of subject interest. Great job friend!
Have a nice day!
Lélia Valduga (9 months ago | reply)
Great series my friend!!!
Lovely!
Matt Champlin (9 months ago | reply)
wow amazing place, such a story
Zulma () (9 months ago | reply)
WOW Dennis, that's a fantastic series of image. Awesome capture my friend. I wish you a great week ahead. Smile my friend.
monchoparis (9 months ago | reply)
Indeed, quite strange place...thanks for the explanation !
Steve-23 (9 months ago | reply)
I can understand how the history would bother you. Rather disturbing. Well seen and very well explained shot. Have a great day!
Abadgg (9 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot
Dan Anderson (dead camera, RIP) (9 months ago | reply)
As creepy as the story
mississaugapictures (9 months ago | reply)
Very nice....Its like a history book
Ӎѧҧ@Ҷҿ (9 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot!
Have a happy autumn!
See you:)
Ostseetroll (9 months ago | reply)
Well done - gorgeous shots, Dennis - Have a nice day
Kryssia © ♥ (9 months ago | reply)
uhhhhhh gracias por la información !
Paul B. (Halifax) (9 months ago | reply)
What a sad but interesting place, well captured.
Tipu Kibria~~BUSY~~ (9 months ago | reply)
Beautiful series !
bevcraigwhite (9 months ago | reply)
history is not always pretty...in fact, the opposite is usually the case.
a very fine series, nevertheless!
Pat Dalton... (9 months ago | reply)
A real creepy place Dennis, daylight visits only.
Anke knipst (9 months ago | reply)
oh, what a cruel place! Nevertheless an interesting series!
Thomas Michel (9 months ago | reply)
Wonderful capture. You have done a great job.
FaP ;-) (9 months ago | reply)
bellissimo sito archeologico!
;-)
tutincommon (9 months ago | reply)
Stunning place, but lets not forget the insatiable god Moloch. Any political shrapnel?
Martina Morris ( Ireland) Thanks for your visits (9 months ago | reply)
Awesome series Dennis, thanks for sharing
rianti ape (9 months ago | reply)
Wooow,supérb
rocky mountain high1-- taking break (9 months ago | reply)
WOW shot
Anvilcloud (9 months ago | reply)
Humanity has some grim pasts.
Via Anvilcloud's contacts' uploads on Fluidr
mtdvetter (9 months ago | reply)
Agreed, Dennis. A most concerning practice, again such a great series and presntation.
Butch Osborne (9 months ago | reply)
Well captured Dennis. I think I would feel the same way you did. Very interesting though.
GeirB, (9 months ago | reply)
Grim humans, and you told a interesting story of mankind...
LadyPilgrim (9 months ago | reply)
Spectacular series of photos; that place would bother me as well; how barbaric!
Caperheart ( Rita ) (9 months ago | reply)
Amazing shots,Dennis !!Quite the story that is behind it and thanks for providing the info. I would definitely feel the same way about this place. Not even sure I'd be able to go see it. Whatever the real story is it would still be heartbreaking to know that it was all babies that were buried there. So sad but the pics are amazing,my friend. Beautiful work as usual,Dennis. I hope all is well with you.Take care and have a great week :-) !,
druss2007/dwr (9 months ago | reply)
Excellent series. Somewhat disturbing.
Health and Happiness.
marcellociappi - Thank you all for 800,000 visits (9 months ago | reply)
Un' immagine stupenda, molto ben realizzata !
Ciao, buona settimana.
green_lover (9 months ago | reply)
Great photo Dennis! It looks like very interesting place...
My Planet Experience (9 months ago | reply)
Beautiful and interesting image!
steve - evans (9 months ago | reply)
cracking capture
jade2k (9 months ago | reply)
I can understand how this place bothered you. It has a disturbing history. The photos are excellent, though.
娜 娜☂Nana (9 months ago | reply)
Wonderful landscape ... impressive : )
Raspnaitr (9 months ago | reply)
interesting!
hammy15 (9 months ago | reply)
That would bother me as well Dennis!!!! Very nice series!!!!
jeronimoooooooo (9 months ago | reply)
Fantastic!
Shertila Tony (9 months ago | reply)
a city for the deceased.
wonderful series of captures
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denis 123 (9 months ago | reply)
The cave looks spooky!!!
tislissi (9 months ago | reply)
The spirits in that place must have been talking to you. Well captured. Nice light
archer10 (Dennis) (8 months ago | reply)
Hi, Dennis: We're publishing a story about Carthage's Tophet from LiveScience, and that story on the LiveScience site is accompanied by your photo from Flickr. May we please have your permission to republish the photo on NBCNews.com?
DianaChuang (8 months ago | reply)
Great shot !
valeriemurraybarclay (4 months ago | reply)
Every photo is amazing and invites the viewer to know more about the photographer. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to providing the best photos and descriptions for all to enjoy. Valerie