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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/53840| Title: | Fertility aspects in ancient North Africa |
| Authors: | Vella, Horatio Caesar Roger |
| Keywords: | Demeter (Greek deity) -- In literature Goddesses in literature Fertility cults -- Mediterranean Region -- History Fertility cults -- Greece -- History Goddess religion -- Greece -- History Civilization, Greco-Roman Fertility -- Mediterranean Region |
| Issue Date: | 1993 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Mediterranean Institute |
| Citation: | Vella, H. C. R. (1993). Fertility aspects in ancient North Africa. Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 3(2), 215-224. |
| Abstract: | The study of gods and goddesses of fertility in the Phoenician world has to be incorporated within a wider context. Since Egypt had a considerable influence on Phoenicia both in Pre-Dynastic and Dynastic times, as well as on Libya and western North Africa, including the Carthaginians, the whole area of North Africa has been chosen as a common ground of study. For reasons stated below, Egypt provides greater information than Carthage, and special attention has been duely given to it. Malta’s position becomes clear when one considers that it was Phoenician-Punic, contributing to our information on Punic religion through its archaeological material and inscriptional remains. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/53840 |
| ISSN: | 10163476 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtCA |
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