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Carthage
Carthage

Carthage was the center or capital city of the ancient Carthaginian civilization, situated on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in Tunisia. The city developed from a Phoenician colony into the center of an empire dominating the Mediterranean Sea during the first millennium BC. Carthage was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
Site Information
Country: Tunisia
District: Tunis Governorate
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Phoenician
Later Cultures: Ancient Carthage + Roman
Site Features: Phoenician & Carthaginian & Roman Monuments
World Heritage Site
Official Name: Archaeological Site of Carthage
Date of Inscription: 1979
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