Archaeological Sites in Tunisia
City/town/settlement in Tunisia (5)
Althiburos
Althiburos was an ancient Berber, Carthaginian, and Roman settlement in what is now the Dahmani Delegation of the Kef Governorate of Tunisia. During the reign of emperor Hadrian…
Kasserine
The site of ancient Cillium, a Roman settlement in the province of Africa Proconsularis, located in modern Kasserine, Tunisia. Elevated to municipium status under Vespasian and to…
The Archaeological Site of Haidra
Haidra preserves the remains of Ammaedara, one of the oldest Roman cities in North Africa, founded in the 1st century AD as a legionary outpost during campaigns against the…
Uthina Archaeological Site
Uthina (also known as Oudna) was an ancient Roman-Carthaginian city located near modern Tunis, Tunisia, flourishing from the 5th century BC through the 1st century AD. The…
Vicus Maracitanus-Ksar Toual
Vicus Maracitanus was a pre-Roman settlement that became a Roman civitas, identified with ruins at modern Ksar Toual Zammel in Siliana province, Tunisia. The chief monument is a…
Temple complex in Tunisia (4)
Archaeological site Makthar
Ancient Numidian settlement on a high plateau in central Tunisia, originally a strategic fortress controlling trade routes from the 3rd century BC. After the fall of Carthage in…
Dougga
Ancient Thugga, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997, is the best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa, spanning 75 hectares. Originally a Numidian capital from the 5th…
The Water Temple
The Water Temple at Zaghouan, built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian around the mid-2nd century AD, is a semi-circular monument erected over a mountain spring that supplied the…
Thuburbo Majus
Thuburbo Majus is a large Roman site in northern Tunisia, situated roughly 60 km southwest of Carthage on a major African thoroughfare. This thoroughfare connects Carthage to the…
Megalithic stones in Tunisia (2)
El Jem Amphitheatre
Built c. 230-238 AD in the Roman city of Thysdrus, this is the largest amphitheatre in North Africa, measuring 162 by 118 metres with a capacity of up to 35,000 spectators.…
Uthina Amphitheatre
The amphitheatre at Uthina (Oudna), a Roman colony of veterans of Legio XIII Gemina founded under Augustus about 30 km south of Tunis, was most likely built during Emperor…
Megalithic structures in Tunisia (2)
Arc de Triomphe Septime Sévère
The Arc de Septime Severe is a Roman triumphal arch in ruins located at Dougga, the ancient Thugga, in the Beja Governorate of Tunisia. It was dedicated to Emperor Septimius…
Roman Amphitheatre
The Carthage Amphitheatre is a Roman amphitheatre in Carthage, Tunisia, constructed in the first century CE and later rebuilt by Dictator Julius Caesar. The arena features a…
Necropolis/tombs complex in Tunisia (2)
Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga
A 21-metre-high funerary monument at Dougga, Tunisia, dating to the 2nd century BC and representing one of only three surviving examples of royal Numidian architecture. The…
Thigibba Hammam Zouakra
Thigibba Hammam Zouakra is a necropolis and archaeological site in Tunisia featuring modified dolmens dating from 500 BC to 1 AD. The monuments, built using traditional Berber…
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