Five gold coins unearthed from a temple in ancient Carthage depict the goddess Tanit and were likely left by wealthy worshippers alongside burials as an offering to deities. When you purchase through ...

Along the coast of Tunisia sit the ruins of a once-great city whose power rivaled Rome: ancient Carthage. Today, the city’s sacred sacrificial site collects dust. Millennia ago, it collected gold, ...

Archaeologists excavating the sacred tophet site in Carthage, a place of child sacrifice, found gold coins left as offerings 2,300 years ago, photos show. Photo from Tunisia’s Ministry of Cultural ...