You are hereHomeBARMay/June 1991Why Were Hundreds of Dogs Buried at Ashkelon?Deities and Dogs—Their Sacred Rites As we shall see in Part III, there were other Phoenician deifies and their cults, such as Tanit and her temple, which persisted right on through Roman times, sometimes under a new Greek or Latin name. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.