Gightis - Excavations

Gightis's active trading relations led to cultural exchanges, and Greek, Egyptian and Punic influences left their mark on the town, particularly in the architecture. The remains now visible date mainly from the second century A.D. Coming from Djorf, we first encounter the remains of Roman baths, a rectangular complex with a circular palaestra. To the east was the forum, surrounded by the principal public buildings. On the north side was the temple of Apollo, Concord and Hercules, on the east side a temple of Dionysus (Liber Pater) and on the west side the Capitoline temple (probably dedicated to the Egyptian divinities Isis and Serapis), of which there remain only the steps leading up to the podium and six stumps of columns. To the south