Tophet (Sacrificial Cemetery).
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CARTHAGINIAN Anonymous (active 814 BCE - 64 BCE): 3500 infant burials and cremated bones of animals plus votive tablets found here. Greek and Roman sources say the children and animals were sacrificed. Possibly the site of the Temple of Juno Caelestis and Saturn/Hammon.
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