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<p>[QUOTE="Mike Margolis, post: 3227820, member: 88401"]<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Tophet_Carthage.2.jpg/220px-Tophet_Carthage.2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Tanit's symbol from wikipediaLong after the fall of Carthage, <span style="color: #ff0000">Tanit was still venerated in North Africa under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" rel="nofollow">Latin</a> name of <i>Juno Caelestis</i>, for her identification with the Roman goddess <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Juno</a>.</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit#cite_note-18" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit#cite_note-18" rel="nofollow">[18]</a>[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" rel="nofollow">unreliable source</a></i>] The ancient <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber_people" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber_people" rel="nofollow">Berber people</a> of North Africa also adopted the Punic cult of Tanit.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit#cite_note-19" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit#cite_note-19" rel="nofollow">[19]</a> <span style="color: #ff0000">In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language" rel="nofollow">Egyptian</a>, her name means 'Land of Neith', <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neith" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neith" rel="nofollow">Neith</a> being a war goddess.</span> Her symbol (the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_Tanit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_Tanit" rel="nofollow">sign of Tanit</a>), found on many ancient stone carvings, appears as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapezoid" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapezoid" rel="nofollow">trapezium</a> closed by a horizontal line at the top and surmounted in the middle by a circle; the horizontal arm is often terminated either by two short upright lines at right angles to it or by hooks. Later, the trapezium was frequently replaced by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle" rel="nofollow">isosceles triangle</a>. The symbol is interpreted by Danish professor of Semitic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philology" rel="nofollow">philology</a> F. O. Hvidberg-Hansen as a woman raising her hands. Hvidberg-Hansen notes that Tanit is sometimes depicted with a lion's head, showing her warrior quality.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit#cite_note-20" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit#cite_note-20" rel="nofollow">[20]</a>:</p><p><img src="https://quatr.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tanit.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />North African headstone with Tanit symbols and the cadueces!<a href="http://search.myquickconverter.com/?uc=20170616&ap=appfocus1&source=d-googledisplay&uid=6f3bed5f-dcc7-489f-bd9c-ca36d8a633e6&i_id=converter_1.3&page=newtab&" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://search.myquickconverter.com/?uc=20170616&ap=appfocus1&source=d-googledisplay&uid=6f3bed5f-dcc7-489f-bd9c-ca36d8a633e6&i_id=converter_1.3&page=newtab&" rel="nofollow">http://search.myquickconverter.com/?uc=20170616&ap=appfocus1&source=d-googledisplay&uid=6f3bed5f-dcc7-489f-bd9c-ca36d8a633e6&i_id=converter_1.3&page=newtab&</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Margolis, post: 3227820, member: 88401"][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Tophet_Carthage.2.jpg/220px-Tophet_Carthage.2.jpg[/IMG] Tanit's symbol from wikipediaLong after the fall of Carthage, [COLOR=#ff0000]Tanit was still venerated in North Africa under the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin']Latin[/URL] name of [I]Juno Caelestis[/I], for her identification with the Roman goddess [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(mythology)']Juno[/URL].[/COLOR][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit#cite_note-18'][18][/URL][[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources']unreliable source[/URL][/I]] The ancient [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber_people']Berber people[/URL] of North Africa also adopted the Punic cult of Tanit.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit#cite_note-19'][19][/URL] [COLOR=#ff0000]In [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_language']Egyptian[/URL], her name means 'Land of Neith', [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neith']Neith[/URL] being a war goddess.[/COLOR] Her symbol (the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_Tanit']sign of Tanit[/URL]), found on many ancient stone carvings, appears as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapezoid']trapezium[/URL] closed by a horizontal line at the top and surmounted in the middle by a circle; the horizontal arm is often terminated either by two short upright lines at right angles to it or by hooks. Later, the trapezium was frequently replaced by an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle']isosceles triangle[/URL]. The symbol is interpreted by Danish professor of Semitic [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philology']philology[/URL] F. O. Hvidberg-Hansen as a woman raising her hands. Hvidberg-Hansen notes that Tanit is sometimes depicted with a lion's head, showing her warrior quality.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit#cite_note-20'][20][/URL]: [IMG]https://quatr.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tanit.jpg[/IMG]North African headstone with Tanit symbols and the cadueces![url]http://search.myquickconverter.com/?uc=20170616&ap=appfocus1&source=d-googledisplay&uid=6f3bed5f-dcc7-489f-bd9c-ca36d8a633e6&i_id=converter_1.3&page=newtab&[/url][/QUOTE]
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