The Chemtou Museum (Arabic: المتحف الأثري بشمتو; French: Musée de Chemtou) is an archaeological museum located in Chemtou, Tunisia. The museum was designed by archaeologists with the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the German Archaeological Institute with offices located in Rome, Italy.[1] It has the distinction of being located in the area of the old Roman city of Simmithu, near the entrepot's marble quarry in what was the ancient Berber kingdom of Numidia.[2]

Chemtou Museum
متحف شمتو الاثري
Chemtou Museum entrance
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LocationChemtou, Tunisia
Typearchaeological museum
Collection sizeNumidian items
WebsiteOfficial website

Marble quarries

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Funerary stelae at the Chemtou Museum

A series of Roman mill races to horizontal water turbines have also been discovered. This indicates that technologically, part of the activities at the site had been mechanised.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ ARTESSERE. "Art Places – Chemtou Museum, Tunisia". ARTESSERE. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  2. ^ "Explore The Chemtou Museum". Attenvo. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  • Aïcha Ben Abed, Carthage. Capitale de l'Africa, Connaissance des arts, hors-série Carthage n°69, 1995, p. 28.
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