Detourmap
Archaeological & historic sites in Tunisia
Tunisia has 65 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Carthage. All of them are below.
- Archaeological
- 65
- Oldest
- Utica 1101 BC
- Little known
- 54 of 65
- Most from
- 2nd century
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4.Roman amphitheatre of El Jem
Archaeological · 3rd century · Renowned
Carthagian amphitheatre in Tunisia
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8.Raqqada
Archaeological · Notable
9th-century capital of the Aghlabid Emirate, near present-day Kairouan, Tunisia
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36.Ain Tounga
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Tunisia, Ain Tounga was a Roman (and maybe Punic beforehand) site that became a municipality early in the 3d century CE
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40.Henchir-Mâtria
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological and prehistoric site in northern Tunisia
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42.Odeon hill and park of the Roman villas of Carthage
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Tunisia
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46.Water Temple of Zaghouan
Archaeological · 2nd century · Hidden gem
Ancient Roman temple of Zaghouan
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59.Capitoline temple in Dougga
Archaeological · 2nd century · Hidden gem
Ancient Roman temple of Dougga
Questions about this page
How many archaeological & historic sites are there in Tunisia?
65 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Tunisia with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.
What is the best known of the archaeological & historic sites in Tunisia?
Carthage, 9th century BC. Historical city in Tunisia.
Which is the oldest?
Utica, dated to 1101 BC. 6 of these 65 carry a founding date, 5 of them from before the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.