Roman baths
Stone walls.
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The Thyna archaeological site holds the remains of Thenae, a Carthaginian and later Roman town on the coast south of Sfax in Tunisia, about 12 km in a straight line south-west of the city centre. It is the most important archaeological site around Sfax. Thenae was the southernmost city of the Roman province of Africa and became a colony under the Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD. It was regarded as lying on the frontier between Carthaginian territory and the kingdom of Numidia. Many of its finds, including some of the mosaics, have been moved to the museum in Sfax. Little of the town remains, but there are traces of Roman villas, baths, an early Christian basilica, a temple and houses beside a Roman street, along with parts of the town wall. The main attraction is the Baths of the Months, whose mosaics are intact but largely covered by sand, with a smaller bath house beside them. The red-and-white striped Thyna lighthouse overlooks the site. Around the site lie large salt pans and coastal marshes visited by great numbers of migrating birds, among them great egrets and spoonbills. The sun is strong and shade is scarce, so morning or late afternoon is best.
Stone walls.
Red-and-white stripes.
Migrating birds.
Thyna, Sfax Governorate, Tunisia
Many were moved to the Sfax museum.
Morning or late afternoon.