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Adorned Statue of the Punic Goddess Tanit, 5th-3rd centuries BC, from the necropolis of Puig des Molins, Ibiza (Spain), now housed in the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia (Barcelona) The Punic religion , Carthaginian religion , or Western Phoenician religion in the western Mediterranean was a direct continuation of the Phoenician variety of the ...
Temples to Melqart are found at at least three Phoenician/Punic sites in Spain: Cádiz, Ibiza in the Balearic Islands and Cartagena. Near Gades/Gádeira (modern Cádiz) was the westernmost temple of Tyrian Heracles, near the eastern shore of the island (Strabo 3.5.2–3).
Ras il-Wardija was probably first inhabited in the Bronze Age, in around 1500 BC.Around the 3rd century BC, [2] during the Punic period, a religious complex (probably a nymphaeum) was established in the area.
Surviving Punic texts indicate a very well-organized priesthood class, who were drawn mostly from the elite class and distinguished from most of the population by being clean shaven. [266] As in the Levant, temples were among the wealthiest and most powerful institutions in Carthage and were deeply integrated into public and political life.
Temple of Juno Caelestis at the start of the 20th century. The temple is dedicated to Heavenly Juno (Juno Caelestis), the successor of the Punic god Tanit. Its well-preserved temenos is demarcated by a wall, a large section of which has been very well preserved. The court is only partially tiled and has two symmetrical doors.
The site includes a megalithic temple complex dating from the early third millennium BC, to a Phoenician and Punic sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Astarte. [3] During the Roman era , the site became an international religious complex dedicated to the goddess Juno , helped by its location along major maritime trading routes, with the site ...
Kerkouane or Kerkuane (Arabic: كركوان, Karkwān) is the site of an ancient Punic city in north-eastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon.Kerkouane was one of the most important Punic cities [dubious – discuss], with Carthage, Hadrumetum (modern Sousse), and Utica.
The headland incorporates the ruins of a megalithic temple, as well as Punic-Roman remains. [6] Scholars have been arguing about the function of these remains for decades. Interpretations differ from a domestic villa to a small religious shrine, as well as a major temple dedicated to Heracles. [7]