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  2. Punic religion - Wikipedia

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    There are no surviving literary sources and Punic religion is primarily reconstructed from inscriptions and archaeological evidence. [2] An important sacred space in Punic religion appears to have been the large open air sanctuaries known as tophets in modern scholarship, in which urns containing the cremated bones of infants and animals were ...

  3. Tanit - Wikipedia

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    The variation of the name "Tanit" appears to may have originated in Carthage (modern-day Tunisia), though it does not appear in local theophorous names. [12] Before 1955, the only attestations of the goddess's name were in Punic , which is written without vowels as "TNT" Tanit or "TNNT" as Tannit and was arbitrarily vocalized as "Tanit".

  4. Melqart - Wikipedia

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    Mythology portal; Asia portal; For information on the title Ba‘al, which was applied to many gods who would not normally be identified with Melqart, see Ba‘al. For views about whether and how Melqart connects with biblical references to Moloch, see Moloch. For views about whether and how Melqart connects with the names of God in Islam, see ...

  5. 500 mythology names to give your baby a powerful start in life

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    Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...

  6. Gurzil - Wikipedia

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    The Neo-Punic inscription is partially damaged and resists interpretation. The last four letters of the first line spell the name of Gurzil, while the first four of the second line spell Satur. If the latter is the Roman god Saturn it suggests that he was equated with Gurzil per an interpretatio Romana. This would be the only known instance of ...

  7. 55 Greek baby names for boys and girls - AOL

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    A list of 55 of the most popular Greek baby names for boys and girls with meanings from a baby naming consultant. ... with parents searching for lesser-used names from Greek mythology, such as ...

  8. Baal Hammon - Wikipedia

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    Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Ḥamon (Phoenician and Punic: 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤇𐤌𐤍, romanized: Baʿl Ḥamōn), [1] meaning "Lord Hammon", was the chief god of ancient Carthage. He was a weather god considered responsible for the fertility of vegetation and esteemed as king of the gods .

  9. List of Carthaginians - Wikipedia

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    Hamilcar — strategus during the First Punic War. Not identical with the homonym officer mentioned by Diod. XXIV 12. ELip; Hamilcar — commander during the First Punic War; Hamilcar Barca (c. 270–228 BC) — general during and after the First Punic War (264–241 BC). Father of Hannibal of the Second Punic War