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Carthage
Carthage is an ancient city located on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia. It was the capital of the Carthaginian Empire (Punic Empire) in the 1st millennium BC. The city was founded by the Phoenicians in the 9th century BC and continued to flourish until the Romans destroyed it in 146 BC. Carthage was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
The site is a UNESCO World Heritage site with the official name, Archaeological Site of Carthage.by BishkekRocks (assumed), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commonsby Neil Rickards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commonsby Pradigue, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 30 m
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World Heritage Site
Date of Inscription
1979
First Millennium BC
Phoenician
Ancient Carthage + Roman
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