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    Chemtou or Chimtou was an ancient Roman-Berber town in northwestern Tunisia, located 20 km from the city of Jendouba near the Algerian frontier. It was...
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    The Chemtou Museum (Arabic: المتحف الأثري بشمتو; French: Musée de Chemtou) is an archaeological museum located in Chemtou, Tunisia. The museum was designed...
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    Two helix-turbine mill sites of almost identical design were found at Chemtou and Testour, modern-day Tunisia, dating to the late 3rd or early 4th century...
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    today near the ancient city of Simitthus, near the current village of Chemtou, Tunisia. [citation needed] Its colour varies from intense yellow to lighter...
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    portal Architecture portal Society portal Africa portal African archaeology Chemtou Museum Culture of Tunisia List of museums in Tunisia Nabeul Museum Virtual...
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    in Latin), was a yellow marble quarried in Roman times from the area of Chemtou, ancient Simmithu Hàn Bái Yǜ Marble (Chinese: 汉白玉) A type of white marble...
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    of Bullaregia or Bulla Regia, as well as the ancient marble quarry of Chemtou. The city's name is derived from Amazigh with the exact translation being...
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    many parts of the Roman Empire. The earliest turbine mill was found in Chemtou and Testour, Roman North Africa, dating to the late 3rd or early 4th century...
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  • Bennefa Bir-Abdallah Borj Gourbata Botriana Cabarsussi Carthage Cebarades Chemtou Chusira Crepedula Cufruta Culusi Douela Drâa-Bellouan Dzemda Edistiana...
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    (El Kef)) Simitthus Chemtou Tunisia 36°29′25″N 8°34′49″E / 36.490397°N 8.580217°E / 36.490397; 8.580217 (Simitthus (Chemtou)) Map of Simitthus Photograph...
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  • Antoninus. Ancient Quarries of Numidian Marbles in Chemtou Jendouba 2012 ii, iv (cultural) The quarries of Chemtou produced marble for over six centuries, first...
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    Centenaria, Algeria Central Field, Giza Centuria (Numidia) C-Group culture Chemtou Cherchell Chusira Cirta Civitas Popthensis Cohors Breucorum Contra Latopolis...
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    communities are attested by epigraphic or literary references to Utique, Chemtou, Hadrumète or Thusuros (present Tozeur). As elsewhere in the Roman Empire...
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    Hierapolis sarcophagus Turkey Late 3rd or early 4th century AD Turbine mill Chemtou and Testour Tunisia Late 3rd or early 4th century AD Possible tanning mill...
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    city in the Maghreb. It was located in the present-day El Kalâa, near Chemtou in western Tunisia. It may have been the ancient town of Bulla Regia. The...
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  • situated 3 kilometers north of Henchir Touiref, on the road from El Kef to Chemtou. Cagnat discovered about forty Latin inscriptions, among them a dedication...
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    ancient sites in the country such as Sbeitla, Carthage, Hadrumetum and Chemtou, support the horseshoe arches. A legend says they could not count them...
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    resembling red porphyry, another with various shades of yellow similar to Chemtou, a third on a pink background, and a fourth on a green background. Among...
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    the reign of Micipsa. The remains are similar to those of the temple in Chemtou and are evidence of the fact that the political center of the Roman city...
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    combined with high quality marble, has been found, especially on the site of Chemtou. In rural areas, the jebba is considered a ceremonial garment. White in...
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    Pont de César Velaj Mondouilloux On Via Bolena France ? ? Pont de Chemtou Mejerda Chemtou 20 km W of Jendouba Tunisia 5 × S M Pont de Civitas Avensis Mejerda...
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    Depienne) Église de Chemtou [fr] Chemtou 1904 Ruins 36°29′29″N 8°34′34″E / 36.49139°N 8.57611°E / 36.49139; 8.57611 (Église de Chemtou) Église de la Cité...
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    considerably. In the urban centers such as Dougga, Bulla Regia, Thuburnica or Chemtou, Berber lost its Maghrebi phonology but kept the essential of its vocabulary...
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    Sidi Bou Zid) Siminina (Henchir-El-Haïrech, Bir-El-Djedidi) Simitthu (Chemtou) Sinna (ruins of Calaat-Es-Sinân) Sinnuara Sitipa Suas (ruins of Chaouach)...
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  • importance becomes clear with the nearby great Roman cities of Bulla Regia and Chemtou. The Medjerda valley became Roman after the Third Punic War about 146BC...
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    Annaba (Hippo Regius) Road from Annaba (Hippo Regius) to Carthage, via Chemtou (Simitthu) Road from Annaba (Hippo Regius) to Carthage, via Le Kef (Sicca...
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    Museum المتحف المسيحي المبكر بقرطاج Carthage archaeological Chemtou Museum متحف شمتو Chemtou archaeological site chimtou.com Douz Museum المتحف الأثري بدوز...
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    (Hurghada region, Egypt) or the Peloponnese (Greece), Giallo antico from Chemtou (Tunisia), marbles from Synnada (Turkey), Carrara (Italy), or Morvan were...
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  • have placed Scillium in Proconsular Numidia. An epitaph of Simitthu, now Chemtou, mentions Iscilitana; Simitthu was certainly in Proconsular Numidia, it...
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    focused on a diverse archaeological heritage, such as Bulla Regia and Chemtou, and annual festivals such as the Tabarka Jazz Festival. Other attraction...
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