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Surroundings:

Carthage, Mercantile harborCarthage, HarborsCarthage, War harbor, quayCarthage War HarborCarthage, War harborCarthage, War harborCarthage, War harbor, remains of harbor facilitiesCarthage, War harborCarthage, War harbor, remains of harbor facilitiesCarthage, War harbor, model of harbor facilitiesCarthage, War harbor, model of harbor facilitiesCarthage, War harborCarthage, War harborCarthage War HarborCarthage, Tombstone with Punic inscriptionCarthage, Ivory sphinxCarthage, remains of Punic QuarterCarthage, Offer servant, marbleCarthage, Head of SerapisCarthage, Womens head, Egyptian(?)Carthage, Douimes maskCarthage, Tombstone with relief of a maleCarthage, Mosaic with female saintByrsa HillCarthage, remains of Punic QuarterCarthage, Stele dedicated to Tanit by GerastartCarthage, Head of SerapisCarthage, Statue of AbundanceCarthage, remains of Antonine bathsCarthage, Relief of a woman and a cow

Location:

  • Tunisia, Borj Oulad Lara
  • geo:36.841263,10.322833
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

There is no English annotation yet. Presented is an annotation in Dutch.

The Sanctuary of Tophet holds the remains of a vast number of children’s graves dating back to the Punic period of Carthage.

The Sanctuary of Tophet holds the remains of a vast number of children’s graves dating back to the Punic period of Carthage.


Relevant museums

National Museum von Carthago

National Museum von Carthago

Bardo Museum - Tunis

Bardo Museum - Tunis

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden

Allard Pierson Museum

Het Allard Pierson Museum is het archeologisch museum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

The British Museum

The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.

Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark

Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark


Nearby

Commercial Harbor Carthage

Commercial Harbor

War harbor Carthago

War harbor Carthago

Bir Messaouda (1 km)

Christian transept basilica which dates to the 6th century AD.


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