The latest episode of The Curse of Oak Island saw New York-based historian Zena Halpern suggest that the medieval cross found on Oak Island might not be a Christian cross as was previously thought — but in fact be a representation of the Punic and Phoenician goddess Tanit. Tanit was one of the two chief deities — alongside her consort Baal Hammon — worshiped in Carthage, a city which developed in Phoenician times in what is modern day Tunisia. The goddess first appeared in the 5th century BC and research has shown that she later ended up taking on a...read more