We don’t take many pictures these days. For the most part, I am unable to see pictures and the memory of the real thing stands out far more clearly in my mind. However, our tour in Tunisia was special enough for us to record the day and so I am posting three pictures here.
In the first picture I am standing in front of a stone arch. It is one of the few arches we saw still standing in the ruins of the ancient city of Carthage. The arch is quite tall and I think that it gives a small indication of just how impressive the city was in its day.
Being victorious in the Punic Wars, the ancient Romans razed the original city to the ground and built their own city over the top. They then proceeded to build one of the most impressive Roman Baths in the ancient world. While this was truly an incredible feat of engineering, it wasn’t the smartest in terms of choosing a location. The Baths were miles away from the nearest source of fresh water. Not to be outdone, the Romans then constructed an aqueduct over 100 km in length – again the longest and most impressive in the ancient world. The partial ruins of this are still visible today.
It was strange to be standing where all this took place around three thousand years ago. In the second and third pictures with this post I am standing beside a fallen marble column. In the first of these shots, you can clearly see the size of the slab. The outside of the marble column still felt smooth to my touch while the inside was rough and crumbly. The last picture is more of a close-up.
Lyle and I feel very fortunate that we have been able to have this glimpse into the past.
The three pictures follow this text.
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| Sue standing in front of a stone arch |
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| Sue standing in front of a marble column |
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| close up of Sue standing in front of a marble column |
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