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Carthage

Carthage is a great city of antiquity approximately 15km (9 miles) from Tunis. Although now it is simply a wealthy suburb, it is also home to one of the greatest archaeological sites ever discovered. Dido was the legendary founder and queen of Carthage, and the city was probably established as a trading post around 814BC by the Phoenicians.

Built on a peninsula jutting into the Gulf of Tunis, Carthage had two splendid harbours, connected by a canal. Above the harbours, on a hill, is The Byrsa, a walled fortress that holds a beautiful view out onto the Tunis gulf.

A great deal of archaeological activity has been carried out on the site of Carthage since the 19th century, uncovering early Punic artefacts and Roman, Byzantine, and Vandal buildings, with thousands of tourists and historians coming to admire the intricate mosaics, sculptures, jewellery and other everyday objects that were influenced by the continual flow of cultures through Carthage.

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