Carthage and Her Remains: Being an Account of the Excavations and Researches on the Site of the Phoenician Metropolis in Africa, and Other Adjacent PlacesR. Bentley, 1861 - 631 pages |
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Africa Agathocles ancient antiquity appears Appian aqueduct Arabs army Astarte Baal Hammon brought built Byrsa Cagliari called Camart Cape Carthage Carthaginians Christian cisterns citadel commenced consul Cothon Cronus deity Dido direction discovered distance divinity doubt earth edifice enemy evident excavations exclaimed famous favour feet gate Goletta Hamed Hannibal harbour hence hill of St honour horse hundred informed inhabitants inscription isthmus Jugurtha Kareema king labour land likewise lion locality Lord marabout Massinissa miles Mohammed mosaic Moslem nations nature notwithstanding numerous Numidian object palace party pavement perfectly Phoenician Polybius portion possessed present prince proved Punic Regency religion remains Roman Rome ruins says Scipio senate ships Sicily Sidy Sidy Daoud Sir Grenville Temple spot stones stood Strabo Sydyc Tarshish temple of Esculapius third Punic war tion told took town troops Tunis Tyre Uranus Utica vast vessels vicinity wall whilst whole Zama