10 Ancient Festivals That Were Far From Innocent
From Lupercalia's odd matchmaking to Carthaginian child sacrifice, these customs of ancient festivals once defined festivities in ways you never imagined.
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From Lupercalia's odd matchmaking to Carthaginian child sacrifice, these customs of ancient festivals once defined festivities in ways you never imagined.
Five gold coins unearthed from a temple in ancient Carthage depict the goddess Tanit and were likely left by wealthy worshippers alongside burials as an offering to deities.
Archaeologists discovered the coins at an ancient burial ground, where thousands of urns containing the remains of young children have been found.
The supreme gods of the Punic pantheon were Baal Hammon and his ‘consort’ Tanit. But who was the real chief deity in the Punic power couple?