Lepcis Magna, an amazingly preserved Roman city on the North African coast has been excavated by archaeologists since the 1920s. From Phoenicean beginnings through colonisation to Roman city this site has welcomed many of the great names of the Roman Empire. Although now a UNESCO World Heritage site, few tourists get to see the wonders of this site in person, but the work of the latest team of ...

Stone circles of The Gambia Although West Africa has no monuments comparable to the Pyramids and Temples of Ancient Egypt or the ruins of Zimbabwe, it has in the stone circles of the Senegal and the Gambia impressive remains that have puzzled the few travellers who have examined them. Stone circles of many types are found throughout Europe and the Near East, though nowhere is there so large a ...

Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universit t Frankfurt am Main Sonderforschungsbereich 268 a project funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Teilprojekt C7 Archaeological research in Northeastern Nigeria Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universit t Seminar fur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte Arch ologie und Arch obotanik Afrikas Robert-Mayer-Str. 1 D-60054 Frankfurt am Main Tel./Fax: 0049-(0)69-28582 ...

Tell me when this page is updated Tunisia Where's that !! As the map reveals, Tunisia has the Mediterranean Sea to its north and east. Tunisia is also inbetween Libya (South) and Algeria (West). Even though it is between two volitile countries, it is relatively stable. It is a small, fairly developed country with a varied history and culture. Tunisia is an Arabic and Islamic country, but it ...