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TUNISIA · 9TH CENTURY BC
Carthage
قرطاج
In 146 BC Rome destroyed Carthage, its great rival, and a Roman Carthage later rose on the ruins. The city it replaced had been founded on the Gulf of Tunis in the 9th century BC and, from the 6th century BC, had been the centre of a trading empire that spread across much of the Mediterranean.
- Original name
- قرطاج
- Country
- Tunisia
- Period
- 9th century BC
- Civilisation
- Phoenician
- UNESCO
- On the World Heritage List
- Location
- 36.8528° N, 10.3233° E Open in OpenStreetMap Open in Apple Maps
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Areas of the site
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Byrsa Hill
The hill at the heart of Carthage holds the remains of Punic houses and the site of the Roman city’s forum.
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Punic Ports and Tophet
The outlines of the circular naval harbour and the rectangular merchant harbour, and the nearby Tophet, survive from Punic Carthage.
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Magon Quarter
In this seaside quarter, Punic and Roman houses and streets have been uncovered.
A QUESTION FROM THE ROAD
Carthage was founded on which gulf?
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