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<< Text Pages >> Thaenae - Ancient Village or Settlement in Tunisia

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 16 February 2008  Page Views: 3257

Multi-periodSite Name: Thaenae Alternative Name: Thyna
Country: Tunisia
NOTE: This site is 41.36 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Sfax  Nearest Village: Dar Ktory
Latitude: 34.649238N  Longitude: 10.684358E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ancient Village or Settlement in Tunisia

Ruins of ancient city 12 Km south of Sfax.

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Thaenae, a civitas then a colony under Hadrian (Aelia Augusta Mercurialis), Africa Proconsularis, Tunisia
Thaenae, a civitas then a colony under Hadrian (Aelia Augusta Mercurialis), Africa Proconsularis, Tunisia
Thaenae, a civitas then a colony under Hadrian (Aelia Augusta Mercurialis), Africa Proconsularis, Tunisia
Thaenae, a civitas then a colony under Hadrian (Aelia Augusta Mercurialis), Africa Proconsularis, Tunisia
Les thermes des mois, a bath house quadrilateral in shape (31 m long and 29 m wide), Thaenae, a civitas then a colony under Hadrian (Aelia Augusta Mercurialis), Africa Proconsularis, Tunisia
Les thermes des mois, a bath house quadrilateral in shape (31 m long and 29 m wide), Thaenae, a civitas then a colony under Hadrian (Aelia Augusta Mercurialis), Africa Proconsularis, Tunisia

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Re: Thaenae by Anonymous on Monday, 28 April 2008
Thyna is located on the coast beside the lighthouse about 11km south of Sfax. Access as far as the lighthouse is possible through a wooded park, but the ruins themselves are in a military restricted area where both access and photography is prohibited.

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