Archaeological Site of Carthage

Local nameQarṭāj
LocationTunis, Tunisia

Carthage was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world. It became the capital city of the civilisation of Ancient Carthage and later Roman Carthage.

The city developed from a Phoenician colony into the capital of a Punic empire which dominated large parts of the Southwest Mediterranean during the first millennium BC. The legendary Queen Elissa, Alyssa or Dido, originally from Tyre, is regarded as the founder of the city, though her historicity has been questioned. In the myth, Dido asked for land from a local tribe, which told her that she could get as much land as an oxhide could cover.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage

UNESCO Website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/37

Address Carthage, Tunisia

Coordinates 36°51'8.384" N 10°19'23.901" E

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