| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
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Tunis is the capital of Tunisia. It is a modern city with French influence.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
|
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The new city has wide boulevards.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
|
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The Cathedral of St Vincent de Paul (1883).
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
|
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Jewelry shop.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
|
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Mosque in the modern part of Tunis.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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The entrance to the medina (the old city).
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Bab Bhar is at the main gateway to the medina.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Tunis is mentioned in maps from the 5th century BCE.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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The city dates from the Arab conquests of 695.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Ornate door, typical of the Medina.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Hamuda Pasha Mosque
|
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The octagonal minaret of the Hamuda Pasha Mosque (17th century).
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Hamuda Pasha Mosque
|
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The interior decoration.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Vaulted passage.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Seeds.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Olive seller.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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At a metal workshop in Rue de Forgerons.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Musical instruments and beads.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Entrance to a hammam, a Turkish bath.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Sweets.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Zitouna Mosque
|
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The Zitouna Mosque dates from the 9th century.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Zitouna Mosque
|
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The Zitouna Mosque contains 200 Roman columns from Carthage.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Zitouna Mosque
|
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Decorated kiosk by the mosque entrance.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Zitouna Mosque
|
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The square minaret.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Zitouna Mosque
|
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The interior.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Mosque of the Dyers
|
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The Mosque of the Dyers has a yellow door and dates from 1716.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Mosque of the Dyers
|
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Bread seller outside the mosque (1716).
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Mosque of the Dyers
|
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The mosque has a hexagonal minaret.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Figures on sale.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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The Souq of Chechias is where the fez-like Tunisian hat is made and sold.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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The Mosque of M'Sed el-Kobba.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Arch and blue window.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Slimania Madresa
|
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The Slimania Medresa is an Islamic school.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Slimania Madresa
|
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The school dates from 1754 and was built by the Ottomans.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Slimania Madresa
|
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The school contains a small domed mosque.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Slimania Madresa
|
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The prayer niche of the madressa mosque.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Typical decorated door in the medina.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Courtyard.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Archway.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Tourbet el-Bey
|
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Torbet el-Bey is marked by several green domes with fish scale design.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Tourbet el-Bey
|
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Green domes are typical of the tombs in Tunis.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Tourbet el-Bey
|
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Tourbet el-Bey contains the tombs of several Ottoman governors. It dates from the late 18th century.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Tourbet el-Bey
|
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The complex features several tombs from the Ottoman period.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Tourbet el-Bey
|
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Decorated tomb of an Ottoman official, Tourbet el-Bey.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Tourbet el-Bey
|
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Gravestone.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Tourbet el-Bey
|
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The dome.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Ornate yellow door.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Ben Abdallah Museum
|
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The Dar Ben Abdallah Museum is set in a former palace dating from 1796.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Ben Abdallah Museum
|
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The palace is highly decorated.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Ben Abdallah Museum
|
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The tilework.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Ben Abdallah Museum
|
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Kitchen.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Ben Abdallah Museum
|
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Ottoman furniture.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Ben Abdallah Museum
|
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The ceiling is very ornate.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Ben Abdallah Museum
|
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The museum features several Ottoman rooms.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Ben Abdallah Museum
|
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Writing tablets.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
Site / Event : Dar Ben Abdallah Museum
|
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The courtyard features several blue doors.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Bab Jedid is the only Hafsid gate still standing.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Metalware workshop.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Typical column decoration in the covered souq.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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Vaulted passageway.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
District : Medina
|
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The birth house of Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406), a historian who was given free passage from Syria by the invading Tamerlane.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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The Bardo Museum features sculpture from Carthage.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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The museum is in a former palace.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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The palace dome.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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The Phoenician goddess, Tanit, has a lion head and an Egyptian influenced feather dress.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Clay funeral mask from Carthage.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Funeral mask from Carthage.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Stele with carved figures.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Carthaginian funeral mask.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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A terracotta figure showing a voyage to the underworld.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Alibaster jar.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Head of the Roman Emperor, Lucius Verus.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Small lamp in the shape of a bearded man's head.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Jar with female face.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Terracotta figure.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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The Greek Sun god, Apollo.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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A 6th century cross-shaped baptismal font.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Islamic courtyard.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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The Bardo Museum is famous for its mosaics.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Early Christian mosaic with Latin script.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Examples of early Christian mosaics.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Early Christian mosaic.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Mosaic of a boar, a dog and a rabbit.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Mosaic of Virgil holding a copy of The Aeniad and flanked by the muses Clio (History) and Melpomene (Tragedy).
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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4th century marine themed mosaic from Carthage.
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2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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4th century mosaic from Carthage with sea creatures and nymphs.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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4th century mosaic from Carthage with sea monsters.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Roman mosaic of fishermen from the Mausoleum of Thuburbo Majus.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Mosaics from the Roman site of El-Jem.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Mosaic from El-Jem.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Birds and plants on a mosaic from the Mausoleum of Thuburbo Majus.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Mosaic of peacock with plants.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Mosaic showing Odysseus tied to his ship while Sirens call out to him.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Detail of the Sirens calling out to Odysseus.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Mosaic of Dionysus as a boy with Silenius turning pirates into dolphins.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Mosaic of potted grape vines.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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"The Triumph of Neptune" (from Dougga).
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Detail from "The Triumph of Neptune" mosaic.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Mosaic from Utica with fishing scene.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Fishing scene.
|
2004 |
| Tunisia |
City / Town : Tunis
Site / Event : Bardo Museum
|
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Mosaic of a semi-naked Venus with female centaurs.
|
2004 |
were added from 1 February 2025.