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Major Archeological Discovery of Necropolis in Sousse Sheds Light on Punic Life in... 4th century BC
Tunisia Online / AllAfrica ^ | Monday, January 28, 2008 | unattributed

Posted on 01/30/2008 10:44:34 AM PST by SunkenCiv

A Punic necropolis dating back to the 4th-5th century BC has been recently discovered at the museum of Sousse during extension and refurbishing works that started last May and are due to be completed by the end of the current year... This discovery comes following last year's discovery of a roman burial vault located near the roman catacombs in the district of Bouhsina in Sousse. The vault which is being restored by the INP, contains 2 tombs with the remains of some 13 members of the same family buried together along with sacred ceramic vessels.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; phoenicia; phoenician; phoenicians; tunisia
Original topic title was too long: "Tunisia: Major Archeological Discovery of Necropolis in Sousse Sheds Light on Punic Life in The 4th century BC".

Interesting background:
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1 posted on 01/30/2008 10:44:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 01/30/2008 10:53:31 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16, 2008)
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3 posted on 01/30/2008 10:54:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16, 2008)
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To: SunkenCiv
Not sure about a necropolis exactly, but there is a lot of scrofulous stuff

in souse, alright.

4 posted on 01/30/2008 2:58:02 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (2 John: 9-11 Too often ignored. Short Books are equally important parts of the Bible!)
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