Archaeological site · Utica

Utica - Phoenician City Older Than Carthage

Utica: Tunisia's oldest Phoenician city (1100 BC, older than Carthage by 400 years)—Mediterranean's first wine hub. Dye works and wine presses worked side-by-side on this harbour of empires.

What to do there

Archaeological siteUtica - Phoenician City Older Than CarthageFounded by Phoenicians from Tyre around 1101 BC - over 200 years before Carthage - Utica was the first Phoenician settlement in Africa. Though less preserved than Carthage, the site includes Punic houses, Roman baths, and a museum with Phoenician artifacts. Utica's siding with Rome during the Punic Wars ensured its survival when Carthage was destroyed.

Places to see nearby

Museum · Carthage Byrsa Hill & Carthage National Museum Atop Byrsa Hill since 1963, housing cast-glass masks, the famous "Lady of Carthage" mosaic, and vast collections of Roman amphorae from UNESCO-excavated Carthage.
Archaeological site · Carthage Antonine Baths - Roman Over Punic Built 146–162 AD under Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, the largest Roman thermae in North Africa with innovative architecture raised above service areas to withstand Mediterranean sea proximity.
Archaeological site · Carthage Punic Ports of Carthage Carthage's twin harbors (800 BC merchant port + naval arsenal) traded wine across the Mediterranean—the rectangular outer port and inner circular "Ilot de l'Amiauté" are UNESCO remnants of a thalassocracy.