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Chemtou Museum

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Chemtou Museum
متحف شمتو الاثري
File:Entrée du musée archéologique de Chemtou.jpg
Chemtou Museum entrance
LocationChemtou, Tunisia
Typearchaeological museum
Collection sizeNumidian items
WebsiteOfficial website

The Chemtou Museum (Arabic: المتحف الأثري بشمتو; French: Musée de Chemtou) is an archaeological museum located in Chemtou, Tunisia. The museum was designed by archaeologists with the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the German Archaeological Institute with offices located in Rome, Italy.[1] It has the distinction of being located in the area of the old Roman city of Simmithu, near the entrepot's marble quarry in what was the ancient Berber kingdom of Numidia.[2]

Marble quarries

File:Funerary steles in Archaeological Museum of Chemtou.jpg
Funerary stelae at the Chemtou Museum

A series of Roman mill races to horizontal water turbines have also been discovered. This indicates that technologically, part of the activities at the site had been mechanised.

See also

References

  1. ARTESSERE. "Art Places – Chemtou Museum, Tunisia". ARTESSERE. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  2. "Explore The Chemtou Museum". Attenvo. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  • Aïcha Ben Abed, Carthage. Capitale de l'Africa, Connaissance des arts, hors-série Carthage n°69, 1995, p. 28.

External links

36°29′23″N 8°34′37″E / 36.48972°N 8.57694°E / 36.48972; 8.57694