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Thyna (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 39 15 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.6540 decimal degrees |
| Long: 010 40 35 E degrees minutes |
Long: 10.6770 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient city that marked the end of the royal fossa constructed by Scipio to distinguish between territory of Numidia and Rome; became a civitas, later a colony under Hadrian; unearthed remains are housed in the Bardo Museum in Tunis city and the Sfax Museum. |
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| Thyna (preferred,C,V)
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| Thaenae (C,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Thīnah (C,V)
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| Thenae (C,V)
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| Thenai (C,V)
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| Tina (C,V)
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| Henchir Thina (C,V)
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Sfax (governorate) (P) |
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Thyna (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Africa (province) (P,H) from 146 BCE |
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Thyna (deserted settlement) (P,H) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was an ancient city |
| ruins (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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site was rifled and looted during World War I; organized excavations began in 1947 |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| colony (H) |
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of ancient Rome |
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