Archaeological site, Phoenician
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
The Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis has the best ruins after the ancient Carthaginian country, as they were only partly destroyed.
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Sabratha
Sabratha was a Phoenician trading-post that served as a coastal outlet for the products of the African hinterland.
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Site of Carthage
Carthage is an ancient city in Tunisia, originally founded by Phoenician colonists. Under the leadership of Elissa, Queen Dido, Carthage became a large and rich city and thus a major power of the Mediterranean until her destruction in the Third Punic War in 146 BC.
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Tipasa
Tipasa was founded by the Phoenicians. It was made a Roman military colony by the emperor Claudius, and afterwards became a municipium.
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Tyre
Tyre is an ancient Phoenician coastal city. In its commercial heyday it founded colonies from Greece to Carthage and Cadiz.
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