National Museum of Carthage
About the place
- Country : Tunisia , Carthage
- Address : National Museum of Carthage, Tunisia
- Category : Museums
- Establishing Date : 1875
Musée national de Carthage
National Museum of Carthage
Overview
The National Museum of Carthage is a Tunisian archaeological museum in the city of Carthage, and it is considered one of the two most important Tunisian archaeological museums after the Bardo Museum, and it is located near the Saint Louis Cathedral in Carthage.
The contents of the museum:
The museum contains archaeological remains dating back to several ancient eras, especially:
What dates back to the Punic civilization:
Oil lamps, a group of ceramics discovered in temples, graves dating back to the 3rd century BC, and funerary tools such as masks and ornaments.
What goes back to the Roman era:
Roman mosaics and various statues.
Christian and Byzantine Era:
Mosaic panels, including the painting called Our Lady of Carthage, funerary inscriptions.
Historical overview:
The museum was founded in 1875 AD in the headquarters of the missionaries, and it bore the name of their leader Cardinal Lavigerie. The museum bore its current name in 1956 AD and was first opened to the public in 1963.
Resources:
The Tunisian Open Encyclopedia
trip2tunisia
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