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Prehistory Period in Tunisia |
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Spanning
200000 (Paleolithic inferior) and 1200 BC (the day before of the
arrival of the first Phoenicians), Tunisian Prehistory is rich in
cultural sites, the oldest of which were found in Sidi Zine and Koum
el-Majene in the northwest; in Aïn Brimba, side of Kebili, in the area
of Nefzaoua; in Chott el-Djerid and El-Guettar (Gafsa), in the
southwest; and in Oued el-Akarit in the southeast.
Many traces
of human industry dating from the Paleolithic inferior affirm the age
of the settlements. By the coast, a civilization known as
Ibero-Maurusian and another - Civilization Capsian of Capsa (the
ancient name of what is currently known as Gafsa) - succeeded the
Neolithic era to the II E thousand year old. However, what is generally
known about the history of the first inhabitants of the country, the
Berber (the name derives from barbaroi, what the Greeks called people
who did not speak their language), is that of their conquerors.The evidence found at the Tunisian prehistoric sites are physical and spiritual; indeed, in addition to Paleolithic tools such as arranged rollers, points and scrapers, traces of spiritual effects were found in el-Guettar. This constitutes, without doubt, the oldest sanctuary known in the world - the Hermaïon - where the museum of Bardo houses a beautiful reconstruction! |
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