Dougga

Dougga or Thugga is a Roman ruin in northern Tunisia located on a 65 hectare site. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x686, 241 KB)Dougga, Tunisia taken from Flickr. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x686, 241 KB)Dougga, Tunisia taken from Flickr. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...

Dougga was originally a fortified Berber village (the name Thugga meant "pastures"). Later, it served as the seat of the Numidian king Masinissa in the 2nd century BC. The Romans occupied the city in the late 2nd century BC. The Berbers (also called Imazighen, free men, singular Amazigh) are an ethnic group indigenous to Northwest Africa, speaking the Berber languages of the Afroasiatic family. ... This article is about the Roman province. ... Masinissa, King of Numidia Masinissa or Massinissa (c. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 2nd century BC started on January 1, 200 BC and ended on December 31, 101 BC. // Coin of Antiochus IV. Reverse shows Apollo seated on an omphalos. ...

Dougga declined under Byzantine, then Vandal, occupation. Because impressive Roman ruins remain, Dougga was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. What Up. ... The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century and created a state in North Africa, centered on the city of Carthage. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• http://www.archaeologie.uni-freiburg.de/thugga
• Lexicorient
• UNESCO Dougga Site

World Heritage Sites in Tunisia

Amphitheatre of El Djem | Dougga/Thugga | Ichkeul | Kairouan | Kerkuane and its Necropolis | Medina of Sousse | Medina of Tunis | Site of Carthage Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... El Djem: the amphitheater of Thysdrus El Djem (Latin Thysdrus) is a town in central Tunisia. ... Ichkeul Lake is a lake in northern Tunisia near the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. ... Mosque of Oqba Kairouan (Arabic القيروان) (variations include Kairwan, Kayrawan, Al Qayrawan) is a city in Tunisia, about 160 kilometres south of Tunis. ... Kerkouane is a Punic city in northeastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon. ... View from the Abou Nawas Hotel over to the main beach in Sousse (Bou Jaafar) The Grand Mosque of Sousse, Tunisia, as seen from the tower of the Ribat The Ribat of Sousse Sousse (Arabic سوسة Susa), is a city of Tunisia. ... Tunis, capital of Tunisia. ... Ruins of Roman-era Carthage For other uses, see Carthage (disambiguation). ...

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