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Makthar Archaeological Site
The Makthar Archaeological Site, the remains of ancient Mactaris, is an archaeological site in west-central Tunisia, located in Maktar, Makthar, a town on the northern edge of the Tunisian Ridge. The site is one of the most extensive in the country, and much of it remains to be archaeologically explored in 2020, a situation comparable to that of Bulla Regia. Some of the reasons for this may be the relative remoteness of the region and the difficulty of integrating it into communication networks. In addition to the numerous remains housed in an archaeological park, with only a few scattered elements excluded, a small Makthar Museum, museum displays various archaeological finds from the site. Location The site is located on the border between northwestern and central western Tunisia, 150 kilometers southwest of Carthage and 70 kilometers southeast of Sicca Veneria (city), Sicca Veneria. The city was built on the edge of a plateau at an altitude of 900 meters between the Ouzafa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makthar Museum
The Makthar Museum is a small Tunisia, Tunisian museum, inaugurated in 1967, located on the Makthar Archaeological Site, Makthar archaeological site, the ancient ''Mactaris''. Initially a simple site museum using a building constructed to serve as a café on the site of a marabout, it comprises three rooms, some of which are displayed outside in a lapidary garden. Additionally, just behind the museum are the remains of a basilica. The collection, primarily consisting of items found during excavations conducted on the site or in its immediate vicinity, is representative of the history of Tunisia from the Ancient Carthage, Punic-Numidia, Numidian period to the end of the Ancient history, including traces of Christianity in the Exarchate of Africa, Byzantine era. Punic and Neo-punic items The site did not yield any remains from the earliest Phoenician settlement in North Africa. However, the Punic or Neo-Punic collections, representing Punic civilization but dating from a period a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
