Tophet
A tophet is a very old place where people used to bury their babies who had passed away.
Long, long time ago, people didn't have doctors or medicines like we do now. If a baby got sick and couldn't get better, they would pass away.
Parents would want to give their baby a good resting place, so they would bury them in a special area called a tophet. These places usually have lots of small and special stones called steles to mark each baby's resting spot.
Today, we can learn a lot about the people who lived a very long time ago by studying these tophets. It tells us about how people used to live and how they cared for their loved ones who passed away.
Long, long time ago, people didn't have doctors or medicines like we do now. If a baby got sick and couldn't get better, they would pass away.
Parents would want to give their baby a good resting place, so they would bury them in a special area called a tophet. These places usually have lots of small and special stones called steles to mark each baby's resting spot.
Today, we can learn a lot about the people who lived a very long time ago by studying these tophets. It tells us about how people used to live and how they cared for their loved ones who passed away.