European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Futons of the ancient Rhy of Orth ten hive Beta uncovered Oul tide if booming Tanii in capital Tunis. Somehow Carthage survives by Mich a Goldsmith associated presi Wilh the repealed try oif Ujj tick my esl Carl has Musl be destroyed ancient Home s senator Cilo in 146 . Demanded the end of a Bitler enemy thai had dominated the Western Mediterranean for five centuries. The roman legionaries did la Weir work thoroughly. The Day was burned to if ground and ils half million inhabitants were killed or imported into shivery. The romans thought they obliterated Carthage but they did nol count on the scientific methods devised by archaeologists 21 centuries Lal a Torlay parts of ancient Carthage in Tunisia Are emerging ram the ruins at least those parts nol buried under modern luxury Villas and Railroad or destroyed anew by looser and bulldozers. In 1974, Lite Punk or carthaginian remains were designated As part of Mankind s Universal by it United nations educational scientific and cul1ur.ll organization. Since then archaeologists rum the United states Brili in France Sweden Canada Italy and other Rizun Orivs have nude hum1 a Flora in Usu Flint still on be lived to horned asinine Fantier the Dir Conr of Tunisia s Institute of archaeology says a Century Art Artaki Eolois its believed that Tho in Mem destroyed the City so in roughly that literally no think a t left. Since then whole Section o in Lieen Nuarl lipid and Moil is still waiting to be dugout of inc the sinister ili1 known As Llic Tophel. Or pyre has recently yid i d new Inbi Ghl into la sacrifice Pri diced in Ara enl Cadilha. Urns Burlett Norby contain the charred Bone Franmer Isof at Lens children who were sacrificed in the gods Baal Mil to Ward off c Vil Fate the victims family recall in Slone Inonu Imenes to commemorate each sacrifice. The inscriptions in one of the world s first Plinn Elic alphabets show that sheep often were substituted fur i Hildron when danger seemed remole. Bui As the roman legions approached the Gates the Slaughter of hum the tunisian capital by a commuter Railroad Ihal runs Over the buried ruins. Ennabi said the cum Muler line built by the French in 1 � 7, Cut the Sile in two and did irreparable damage for years France paid no heed to the ruins Anil left Large parts of the site to speculators. More recently i he builders of a new sewage system brought in bulldozers that Cut deep trenches into some slur clues thai had been Undis Arbod for 21 centuries the workers who Huil the sewers often pocketed priceless treasures. An american War cemetery in the cent c f of the site contains the bodies of 2.hoo americans who die in North Africa in 1543 and 1944. Carthage is the most desirable address to have around Tunis in Iblis says. Nearly 1,000 expensive Villis were built on the Sile since French Rule ended in 1956." the tunisian authorities with the help at Enesco have tried to Slop further construction on the site. All we can do is iry to preserve the to percent of ancient Carlo age so far kept from the developers Ennabi says. 10 for pal maj air or Tab hairy 4, 19b8
