The Chemtou Museum (; ) is an

archaeological museum An archaeology museum is a museum that specializes in the display of archaeological artifacts. Many archaeology museum are in the open-air museum, open air, such as the Ancient Agora of Athens and the Roman Forum.David Watkin. ''The Roman Forum ...

located in

Chemtou 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 known as Simitthu (or Simitthus in Roman period) in antiquity. History Chemtou was foun ...

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

. The

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was designed by archaeologists with the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the

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with offices located in

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. It has the distinction of being located in the area of the old

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city of Simmithu, near the entrepot's

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

quarry in what was the ancient

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kingdom of

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Marble quarries

A series of Roman mill races to horizontal

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s have also been discovered. This indicates that technologically, part of the activities at the site had been mechanised.

References

Aïcha Ben Abed Aïcha Ben Abed (alternatively Aïcha Ben Abed-Ben Khedher ) is an archaeologist and Director of Monuments and Sites at the Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunisia. She is specialized in the mosaics of Roman Africa. Education Abed graduated from ...

, ''Carthage. Capitale de l'Africa'', Connaissance des arts, hors-série Carthage n°69, 1995, p. 28.

External links

chimtou.com
museum's official website

(in

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Marble quarries

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