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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shimithu Numidian Tombs 1Country: Tunisia
NOTE: This site is 0.14 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Chemtou Nearest Village: Chemtou
Latitude: 36.491950N Longitude: 8.574520E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Cairn in Tunisia
5 Numidian tombs dating to about 5-4th century BCE at later Roman town of Simitthus:
1 Round cairn of sorts for a high status individual who reached the age of about 40.
3 rectangular graves which contained several dozen bodies,
and one very early megalithic stone kist.
The Roman Forum was built directly over the tombs.
176 m
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