Friday, February 01, 2019

Review of D'Andrea, Bambini nel "limbo"

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Bruno D'Andrea, Bambini nel "limbo": dati e proposte interpretive sui tofet fenici e punici. Collection de l'École française de Rome, 552. Rome: École Française de Rome, 2018. Pp. xiv, 170; 31 p. of plates. ISBN 9782728313365. €27,00 (pb). Reviewed by Matthew M. McCarty, University of British Columbia (matthew.mccarty@ubc.ca).

If you are interested in the debated over whether (or perhaps to what degree) tophets at Carthage and elsewhere involved child sacrifice, read this review (which is in English) of a recent book on the subject.

For past posts on the question, see here and links. Cross-file under Punic Watch

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