Carthage - National Archeological Museum

(Local Name: Musée National de Carthage) The National Archeological Museum (Musée National de Carthage) in Carthage, still in course of development, has a very interesting collection of material, including information about the course of the excavations, a model of Punic Carthage, Punic and Early Christian antiquities, jewelry and ornaments, everyday objects, clay masks, little heads in colored glass paste with large staring eyes, funerary stelae, sarcophagi, mosaics and models of the Tophet and the Capitol built by the Romans on the ruins of Punic Carthage. The museum gardens are also worth visiting. Amid the greenery are a variety of ancient remains and a 3m/10ft high marble statue commemorating Louis IX (though in fact the statue is a likeness of the Emperor Charles V).