Carthage Studies is a peer-reviewed journal publishing research on and related to ancient Carthage (Tunisia), from the Phoenician to the Early Modern Period.
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Out now - Flohr, M. and A. Zuiderhoek (2025). A Companion to Cities in the Greco-Roman World. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
We are shocked by the news of the sudden passing of Dr Phil Mills, @Tileman_and_son. Phil served as a CBM specialist and Finds Lab director in the Carthage Excavations and published his results in an excellent study. We extend our condolences to Ulla and Alex
As fate would have it, on the day we received the news of Maria Eugenia Aubet’s passing, also another great scholar in Phoenician-Punic studies left us. Prof. Enrico Acquaro will be remembered for his immense contribution to the domain from which we all profit for years to come!
We have just received the sad news that Prof. Maria Eugenia Aubet has passed away. She has profoundly shaped our understanding of the westward expansion of the Phoenicians. She will be missed but in her many publications she will continue to inspire us!
#Chimtou in Tunis! The exhibition of the largest gold treasure of late antiquity has finally been opened in the Musée National du Bardo in Tunis. Result of a great Tunisian-German cooperation. @dai_weltweit @BLM_Karlsruhe #bardo#Archaeology
The next campaign of the #ISLAMAFR project funded by @dfg_public and @ahrcpress has started in Bulla Regia. A great tri-national collaboration between the INP (Tunisia), @dai_weltweit (Germany) and @ucl (UK) with a team from 12 nations and 14 different institutions
The NAA results of the Cerro del Villar amphora are discussed in the forthcoming @CambUP_Archaeo volume “Greek Iron Age Pottery in the Mediterranean World” along with 361 other samples from 24 sites in 8 countries. Malaga and Huelva were key milestones in a long periplus…
We can only imagine what this life-size representation of an elephant would have been like, Sicilian-Punic art,the naturalistic rendering of the skin,the circulatory system of the magnificent animal
#LoxodontaAfricanaPharaohensis dragged by the nets #DancingSatyr#MirabiliaMaris
@CarthageStudies is extremely happy to announce that as from the upcoming volume 13 we will have completed the editorial team with our Tunisian colleague @Bouth91263. A respected scholar and dedicated excavator of Carthage