Sousse - Archeological Museum

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The very interesting Archeological Museum in Sousse is on the ground floor of the Kasbah. It has the largest collection of antiquities in the country after the Bardo Museum in Tunis, including material of the Punic, Roman and Early Christian periods.

The exhibition rooms are laid out round a small courtyard garden.

Hobbies & Activities category: Archeological exhibit, museum

Attractions within Archeological Museum

Courtyard

In the arcades round the courtyard in the Archeological Museum in Sousse are a variety of exhibits: South side (S): mosaics with geometric designs (second century); torsos, stucco fragments;

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Frescoes on Mythological Themes

Room 10 of the Archeological Museum in Sousse contains remains of frescoes on mythological themes (second-third century).

Grand Courtyard

A narrow groin-vaulted passage runs from the east side of the small courtyard of the Archeological Museum in Sousse into the grand courtyard of the Kasbah, which is also laid out as a garden. Here

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Masterpieces of the Mosaic-worker's Art

Room 3 of the Archeological Museum in Sousse, which opens off the north side of the courtyard, contains a number of masterpieces of the mosaic-worker's art, including (in a clockwise direction)

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Material from the Tophet

Room 4 of the Archeological Museum in Sousse, off the east side of the courtyard, contains material (sixth century B.C.- first century A.D.) from the tophet found near the Great Mosque and the

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Medusa's Head

Immediately beyond the entrance hall of the Archeological Museum in Sousse is Room 2, with one of the finest items in the museum, a mosaic from the Roman baths with a central medallion containing a

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Mosaics

The mosaics in Room 11 in the Archeological Museum in Sousse include one from a triclinium depicting preparations for a fight between gladiators and animals (third century).

Punic, Roman and Early Christian Tombs

A passage decorated with mosaics leads to Rooms 6, 7 and 8 of the Archeological Museum in Sousse, with finds from Punic, Roman and Early Christian tombs.

Seasons and the Months Mosaics

In Room 9 of the Archeological Museum in Sousse are mosaics from the triclinium (dining room) of a house in El Djem depicting the Seasons and the Months (third century) and the second century

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