Sunday, September 2, 2007

Photos from Bulla Regia


Bulla Regia is a partially excavated Roman town just outside of Jendouba. I'd highly recommend checking it out if you're in the area - Jendouba makes a good base to see it and Chemtou within one day. The town was affluent, so there are a lot of great mosaics and some well-kept buildings to explore.




A small part of the town - the hill in the back is an active limestone quarry.


A Roman road leading by the main entrance.


A detail from the underground level of one of the houses - most of the houses had one level underground. The green parts are where humidity has entered in. If you look at the top of the column, you'll see what's left of a cobra decoration - which is Egyptian-inspired.


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