BaalHammon
Baal Hammon (also Ba'al Hammon) was a chief deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheon, particularly prominent in ancient Carthage from the first millennium BCE. His name is typically rendered as "Lord Hammon" and he was widely regarded as a god of fertility, vegetation, and weather, often associated with the prosperity and well-being of the community.
Cult and worship were centered in North African and central Mediterranean settlements founded or influenced by
Archaeological evidence connected to Baal Hammon includes temples, altars, and the so-called tophets—sanctuary cemeteries containing large
Baal Hammon’s prominence declined after the Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE and with the later