Definition: Among the Carthaginians, the Tophet was a place sacred to their god Baal. The Carthaginians placed urns there containing the remains of their children. Diodorus Siculus thought the Carthaginians may have sacrificed children at the Tophet for religious reasons. Whether or not the Carthaginians performed child sacrifice remains a subject for debate.
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