Human Sacrifice in Ancient Carthage Casandra Miramontes Art 105 T-Th 9:40

Carthage Culture • Carthaginian Culture • The remains

Tophet • The Tophet of Carthage is a cemetery for infants • Children buried

Continue • Insight into the human sacrifice practiced in ancient Carthage • Children sacrificed to ward off evil fate.

Works cited •

MICHAEL GOLDSMITH. "Archeologists Battle Developers, Looters to Save Ruins Carthage, Destroyed by Romans, Rises Again :[Bulldog Edition]. " Los Angeles Times (pre1997 Fulltext) 27 Mar. 1988,Los Angeles Times, ProQuest. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.

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"Tophet of Carthage [Object]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #404, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/404 (accessed September 20, 2010).

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"Exhibit pays tribute to Phoenicians :[3* Edition]. " The Vancouver Sun 19 Mar. 1988, ProQuest Newsstand, ProQuest. Web. 20 Sep. 2010.