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Ancient Atlas: Carthage


Archaeological Sites

Carthage
Road construction in the modern city of Carthage revealed an ancient cemetery, excavated by Naomi Norman of the University of Georgia.
     Carthage German excavations by the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut into the Phoenician to Byzantine periods of the city.
     Ancient Carthage From Carthage University, some information (mostly ancient history) on this city.

Chimtou
Numidian and later Roman Colonia Simitthus settlement at the stone quarries of Chimtou, directed by the  Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.

Le Kef
An article in The Atlantic on parallels between the Roman past and present Tunisia.

Leptiminus
A joint project by the Institut National du Patrimoine of Tunisia and the University of Michigan, Leptiminus is a port city occupied by Rome.

Thugga
University of Freiberg, occupation about 150 km southwest of Tunis, Punic through Byzantine period. Limited discussion, with a few pictures, German.

Tophet
From Harvard, a final report underway at the burial ground for the victims of the rite of child sacrifice as practiced by the Phoenician/Punic Carthaginians from the eighth century to 146 B.C.

University Programs

Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Rome section; conducts work in Classical Greek and Roman sites in Italy, Greece, and Tunisia.

Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology
At the University of Pennsylvania, conducts work in Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Tunisia.

Service Informatique et Recherches en Archéologie
Photographs, site reports, and research in Egypt and Tunisia, at the University of Bordeaux, in French.

Current Researchers

Florent Heintz
Circus curses and their archaeological contexts, an article in Journal of Roman Archaeology.

Kathryn Knowles
Southampton, ceramic and lithic petrology; Bronze Age Middle Europe and Classical Antiquity; work at Carthage and Italy.

Cultural History

Tunisia History
From ArabNET

Histoire des Berbères
In Algeria and Tunisia, from Kadda Sahnine, in French.

General Information

North Africa Research Group
A platform for the exchange of ideas and information about geology and exploration in North Africa.


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