Tanit

Tanit was a Phoenician lunar goddess, worshiped as the patron goddess at Carthage.

Tanit was worshiped in Punic contexts in the Western Mediterranean, from Malta to Gades into Hellenistic times. From the fifth century BCE onwards Tanit is associated with that of Ba`al Hammon. She is given the epithet pene baal ("face of Baal") and the title rabat, the female form of rab (chief). In North Africa, where the inscriptions and material remains are more plentiful, she was, as well as a consort of Baal Hammon, a heavenly goddess of war, a virginal (not married) mother goddess and nurse, and, less specifically, a symbol of fertility, as are most female forms. Several of the major Greek goddesses were identified with Tanit by the syncretic interpretatio graeca, which recognized as Greek deities in foreign guise the gods of most of the surrounding non-Hellene cultures.

Her shrine excavated at Sarepta in southern Phoenicia revealed an inscription that identified her for the first time in her homeland and related her securely to the Phoenician goddess Astarte (Ishtar). One site where Tanit is uncovered is at Kerkouane, in the Cap Bon peninsula in Tunisia.

The Panama papers could hand Bernie Sanders the keys to the White House

Edit The Independent 05 Apr 2016

The revelation that the rich and wealthy are shovelling money in overseas tax havens is not a particularly surprising one ... The Democratic presidential primaries in the US have been characterised by surging anger at the global elite ... Read more ....

photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba

Apple is close to selling its billionth iPhone

Edit Topix 05 Apr 2016

If Wall Street analysts' forecasts are accurate, Apple will sell its billionth iPhone sometime this summer. When Apple provides its quarterly finances on April 25, the company is expected to report that it sold 50 million iPhones during the first three months of 2016 ... ....

photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore

Donald Trump Donald Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C

Roger Stone Suggests Trump Supporters Visit 'Culprits' Who Don't Nominate Frontrunner

Edit WorldNews.com 05 Apr 2016

Former Donald Trump presidential campaign adviser and supporter Roger Stone is facing a backlash for comments made to Media Matters and reported by Raw Story in which he stressed supporters “visit the hotel rooms” of “culprit” Republican delegates who do not hand over the nomination at this summer’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland ... Come to Cleveland. March on Cleveland.” – Roger Stone ... ....

photo: NARA file

President Lyndon B. Johnson greets American troops in Vietnam, 1966.

Frightening Parallels Seen Between 2016 And 1968

Edit WorldNews.com 05 Apr 2016

In 1968, I was the first in my family to attend college, but the promise of higher education appeared rather worthless as the nation descended into an orgy of violence that seemed to signal the breakdown of the American democratic experiment, educator Ron Briley writes in Raw Story ... Nixon, however, overreached in the Watergate crisis which exposed the threat posed to American democracy by his imperial Presidency ... ....

photo: Via Instagram/notsochristian_

Who Is Chris Gould? Get to Know Mimi Faust’s New Lover

Edit VH1 05 Apr 2016

Mimi Faust introduced her new boo Chris to her friends in the season five premiere of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta but who is Mimi’s partner and how did Chris get looped into the reality TV world. VH1 chatted with Chris about meeting Mimi, watching the sex tape, and being prepared to tackle Nikko, if need be. Embedded from www.instagram.com. Are you from Atlanta originally?. Chris. Yes, I’m born and raised ... [Laughs] ... [Laughs] ... ....

search tools

You can search using any combination of the items listed below.

Language:

Sort type:

Arrived Within:

Search Type:

Somali pirates in French court over fatal hijacking

Edit Modern Ghana 29 Mar 2016

By Aurélia End. A pirate skiff carrying a French hostage Evelyne Colombo before being borded by the Spanish warship "Galicia" in the Gulf of Aden on September 10, 2011. By STR (Spanish Ministry of Defence/AFP/File) ... The suspects, aged between 25 and 32, addressed the court through an interpreter ... No one was onboard ... "War... In 2009, the French skipper of the "Tanit" was killed by friendly fire during a raid to rescue his ship from pirates....

Hare into the distance

Edit Sporting Life 18 Mar 2016

FONTWELL. 2.00 Treaty Girl, 2.35 My Miss Lucy, 3.10 Tagrita, 3.45 The Cider Maker, 4.20 Exitas, 4.55 Tanit River, 5.30 Young Lou. GOWRAN. 2.10 Mustadaam, 2.45 Fair Quest, 3.20 Vicangelome, 3.55 Jett, 4.30 Whisper Rock, 5.05 Change The Rules, 5.40 Grotesque. KEMPTON. 2.05 Brain Power, 2.40 Always On The Run, 3.15 A Hare Breath, 3.50 Festive Affair, 4.25 Ballyhenry, 5.00 Muckle Roe, 5.35 Golden Birthday. NEWCASTLE ... UTTOXETER ... WOLVERHAMPTON ... ....

PALLADIUM HOTEL GROUP: THE GROUP RECEIVED MORE THAN 90 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS IN 2015 (Fiesta ...

Edit Public Technologies 08 Feb 2016

(Source. Fiesta Hotel Group SL). 2015 was a year packed with good news for Palladium Hotel Group, which received more than 90 awards in recognition of the quality and services of its hotels around the world ... Other prizes received by the Palladium Hotel Group during 2015 were. ... Fiesta Hotel Tanit (Ibiza) TripAdvisor, Certificate of Excellence Zoover, Zoover Award - Bronze Thomas Cook, Proven Quality Recommended on HolidayCheck 2015....

The Wanted 18 Cows, Economic Resistance, and Israel

Edit Huffington Post 03 Dec 2015

The Wanted 18, directed by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan, has already won various awards including the best feature documentary award from Aljazeera, the best documentary from the Arab World in Abu Dhabi Film Festival, the golden tanit for best documentary film in Carthage Film Festival, and the Traverse City Film Festival best documentary award ... All this should be celebrated ... These areas are ... ....

Moroccan Feature Film 'L'orchestre Des Aveugles' Wins Golden Tanit

Edit All Africa 30 Nov 2015

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -Moroccan film 'L'Orchestre des Aveugles' (Orchestra of the Blind) directed by Mohamed Mouftakir has won the Golden Tanit at the official competition of feature films of the 26th Carthage Film Festival (JCC) whose winners were announced at a closing ceremony held Saturday at the Municipal Theatre in Tunis ... ....

'The Blind Orchestra' takes top prize at the Carthage film festival

Edit Topix 30 Nov 2015

Moroccan director Mohammed Mouftakir's "L'Orchestre des Aveugles" took the Tanit d'Or Saturday at the Carthage Film Festival, blighted earlier in the week by a suicide bombing in the Tunisian capital. The Tanit d'Argent was awarded to "The Endless River," by South Africa's Oliver Hermanus, while the Tanit de Bronze went to "A Peine J'ouvre les Yeux" by Tunisia's Leyla Bouzid ... ....

'As I Open My Eyes': Review

Edit Screen Daily 30 Nov 2015

Dir. Leyla Bouzid. France, Belgium, Tunis, UAE, 2015. 102 minutes ... Strong openings in Venice and Toronto combined with the recent Bronze Tanit and FIPRESCI award at the Carthage Film Days, promise a strong festival career with potential box-office crossover in Arab populated territories for this film, which was inspired by Bouzid’s own experiences running a cine-club in her hometown ... Production companies ... International sales ... Producers ... ....

'The Blind Orchestra' takes top prize at Carthage film festival

Edit Yahoo Daily News 28 Nov 2015

Moroccan director Mohammed Mouftakir's "L'Orchestre des Aveugles" (The Blind Orchestra) took the Tanit d'Or Saturday at the Carthage Film Festival, blighted earlier in the week by a suicide bombing in the Tunisian capital. The Tanit d'Argent was awarded to "The Endless River", by South Africa's Oliver ......

Irish-educated woman to edit German tabloid ‘Bild’

Edit The Irish Times 12 Nov 2015

The Irish-educated incoming editor of Europe’s largest newspaper has spoken of how she was whisked away from last week’s Web Summit in Dublin for the announcement on her dream job. Tanit Koch was last Thursday appointed the first female editor in chief of popular German tabloid Bild, which sells almost three million copies daily ... “The examiner in the oral exam joked about whether she was asking everything correctly ... Jaundiced eye ... ....

Personnel information BILD Group: Publisher Kai Diekmann to manage editors-in-chief / Tanit Koch to become ...

Edit Public Technologies 05 Nov 2015

Tanit Koch ... Tanit Koch, 38, currently deputy editor-in-chief and head of BILD's entertainment desk, will assume editorial responsibility as editor-in-chief of BILD's print edition. Tanit Koch has held several positions at BILD, among others as bureau chief of BILD HAMBURG and copy chief of BILD ... Tanit Koch holds degrees in law and political science....

Bild appoints its first female editor-in-chief

Edit The Guardian 05 Nov 2015

Tanit Koch will take the reins of German tabloid equally known for pictures of topless women and political scoops ... Tanit Koch, 38, is taking the reins of the tabloid-style newspaper from Kai Diekmann, 51, who ......

DW.COM Top German tabloid 'Bild' gets first female editor-in-chief

Edit Deutsche Welle 05 Nov 2015

News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 30 Languages Germany's highest-circulation newspaper, the "Bild" tabloid, has a new editor-in-chief. Tanit Koch. It's the first time the center-right tabloid, aimed at less-educated readers, has a woman in the role ... ....

Top German tabloid 'Bild' gets first female editor-in-chief