It's incredible how many layers of history are found in Carthage. It was originally founded by the Phoenicians in the 9th century BC and flourished as an important trading post due to its prime location on the Mediterranean beginning in the 6th century BC. During the Punic wars, the Romans eventually destroyed and conquered Carthage before rebuilding it. Carthage was later the capital under the Vandals. After the Arabs destroyed the city in 637 AD, Carthage never managed to recover its former glory and has since been in the shadow of nearby Tunis.
The ruins have been preserved to varying degrees.
The museum houses pottery, statues, mosaics, and other remnants.
I'm blown away by the amount of detail and vision that went into composing and creating the mosaics.
Mini Bear went in for a closer look of some of the relics which had been incorporated into a stone wall.
Shards which have been assembled into large slabs.
Not to be forgotten, the local commuter train stop is named for one of history's leading military strategists who occupied Italy for 15 years.
