National Museum of Carthage

One of the important landmarks of the city is the Museum of Carthage (Muee de Carthage), which is housed in the former French cathedral seminary. Items on display at are mainly from the Punic and Roman eras. Among the fabulous exhibits in the museum's ground floor are Roman mosaic works that date from the 5th-century AD; some lamps (from the 4th to 7th c. AD); a statue of a boozy Silenus and Maenad; Punic masks; engraved razors with duck-shaped han¬dles (from 1st c. AD); bird-like terracotta bottle (4th c. AD); two sarcophagi of stone with representations of a man and woman (from4th c. BC); as well as fragments of Punic inscrip¬tions. In the second floor are displayed a collection of fine jewelry (from a Punic tomb), some Punic terracotta bullets, and Roman lead ones as well as some fish...Read More