Tunisia: a first look at Carthage _ a tree

August 7, meeting several absent, so that empty out of the afternoon, you can go out to take a look around. Although the days of Tsao, but everyone was excited and want to take advantage of the limited time to look around, and their friends find interesting the same travel mate. We decided to go to Carthage! a is the hotel close to, but because of Carthage Tunisia tourism plays is, in 1979 as a world cultural heritage. Carthage? strange name, but it is the interpretation of the history of Tunisia. While many books on simply said that Tunisia's history began from Carthage. In the famous Roman hegemony in Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean coast Carthage ruled by main geographical, become vibrant country! all prosper, but from the Phoenicians and a little leather. Said that the Phoenicians, mainly living in who Eastern Mediterranean coast of the Middle East, they are not only good at maritime trade, or excellent strategist, which took control of the Eastern Mediterranean coast. And their human culture the most significant contribution, should be invented the alphabet, the letters are other State and national learning introduced later, become Greece man, Arabic and Hebrew text prototype and base for European and Middle Eastern civilization flourish played an invaluable role. Other wise the Phoenicians who also have the right to dispute. 9 century b.c., the Phoenician princess in order to avoid the rights for which carry large amounts of gold and silver treasures by boat to escape to the Tunisia of today. Princess wants to buy and build new city, local indigenous not without irony that can give you a block size of a cowhide. Clever Princess is not denied, but promised this courtesy. Princess to Kraft to soak in the water, a few days later, foam soft pliability of leather, retractile like rubber. Princess also had the cowhide cut into thin leather rope, leather rope stretched to the maximum, ring up a large piece of the site, and then start building the city. Therefore, Carthage (Carthage) in Phoenician language is "new city". A similar legend, is the second time it heard. 2 years ago when returning home, Kunming friend recommended a book about foreign missionaries in the late 19th century, the Tibetan and lisu ethnic enclaves in the three parallel rivers region established Church Missionary's novel of the Earth, water and milk. Very interesting stories, including a plot is missionaries with a leather ring huge sites, built a church in the story. Do not know if a writer has borrowed the legend of Carthage, or the missionary has borrowed the wisdom of the Princess. Because in the Bible, the Phoenicians also repeatedly on stage. The Phoenicians established Carthage, strength continues to expand. In occupied the southern part of Spain, agriculture developed makes it increasingly prosperous, Eastern Mediterranean coast of Sicily, the majority of domain and all its Bursa. But ultimately failed to withstand the rising star of the Roman Empire's many offensive and perished. Carthage was basically the literature of ancient Rome and ancient Greece burned out, splendid towns were razed to the ground, but in some cities simply puts on a lot of salt, people and animals cannot survive. Therefore, the Carthage, only from the ancient Roman left much of the literature about some fur, leaving one of the unsolved mysteries. And now, in Carthage in the city's many relics left, are essentially Roman period from new construction. In the Roman period, Carthage also ushered in her second brilliant, have become Rome and the Roman Empire after Alexander's third largest city. The edge of the Eastern Mediterranean in blue, only these ruins testimony all glory and disaster. White marble, the body also watch the Eastern Mediterranean, head but don't know where to? maybe in museums enjoy all agree that it may have vanished! Byrsa hill located at the Carthage Museum, the remains of many Roman period of art. In the Museum next door, 1890 by the Church of Saint Louis of France, built in the architectural form is a good mixture of Western-style buildings and Islamic architectural features. From the Hill, the church tower complements in green tree white walls, round tower in the sky became a relieved the unique charm Islam! in Roman settlements, as well as keep good residential relics. Although in ruins, but also the then flourishing. At the highest point, is a city built at 205 years 210 years of concert hall, remains a relatively complete architectural patterns and sculpture. In the building's atrium, with some of the cosmos. In light of the Sun Zhi strong, have withered petal has dried up, with the surrounding ruins, reminiscent of an old one wing of the verse. Only you can see the ruins of Carthage, ancient graves. Here found many tombstones and child's bones. It is said that Carthage was the age of children head cut off after the input of a fire in the sacrifice of God. Some people say that ancient child mortality is high, therefore a specialized bury who died young children's grave, and child sacrifice to God, but is the ancient Rome of the Carthage. Various argument there. Near the tomb is a diameter of up to 300 meters of ancient Japan, but it is said that a circle can accommodate 220 battleship. But now I do not see the old style, just keep some 2 century temple ruins. Speaking of ancient Rome, people naturally recall the beach. By the sea, also has a great Roman bathing sites. In large sites, there are also churches, libraries, and other buildings. We arrived at the beach, sunset, administrator at the urging of tourists get exits. Where the residues of stone dragging long shadows, as if to tell a long history, so much the solemn and miserable! is said that at the time of the ancient Beach divided into two layers. Underlying is relatively dark cold bathroom, and a maximum of the height of the courtyard circle vault to 30 meters. Upper deck has changing rooms, warm water pool, cold pool, sauna, swimming pool, fountain, chat rooms and toilet facilities, the room number over 100. > From complex carved stelae, enough to imagine at the time of pomposity xiangyan! while experiencing too much rain, falling in residual grass heap of marble column flashes of rhyolite, will take you back to the distant past. History is always heavy, but the reality is always good, just like the splendid Sun Jiaoyan flowers!