Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis

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Punic settlement World Heritage Site ancient town archaeological site

The Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Carthaginian coastal settlement in northeastern Tunisia, notable for its intact urban layout, houses, and burial grounds that offer rare insight into Punic civilization.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Kerkouane	2
Kerkouane and its necropolis	1
Kerkouane necropolis	1
Kerkouane town	1
Kerkouane village	1
Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Punic settlement ⓘ World Heritage Site ⓘ ancient town ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedCenturyBC	3rd century BC ⓘ
associatedWith	Carthage ⓘ surface form: Carthaginian civilization
country	Tunisia ⓘ
culture	Punic ⓘ
discoveredInCentury	20th century ⓘ
floruitCenturyBC	3rd century BC ⓘ 4th century BC ⓘ
hasFeature	bath installations ⓘ burial chambers ⓘ courtyard houses ⓘ drainage system ⓘ harbour-related structures ⓘ orthogonal street plan ⓘ sanitary installations ⓘ stone-built houses ⓘ tombs ⓘ workshops ⓘ
hasPart	Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kerkouane necropolis Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kerkouane town
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear	1985 ⓘ
knownFor	Punic necropolis ⓘ exceptional state of preservation ⓘ insight into Punic daily life ⓘ intact urban layout ⓘ well-preserved domestic architecture ⓘ
locatedIn	Cap Bon Peninsula ⓘ Nabeul Governorate ⓘ northeastern Tunisia ⓘ
locatedOn	Cap Bon Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Cap Bon coast Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
management	National Heritage Institute of Tunisia ⓘ
nearbySettlement	Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kerkouane village
notRebuiltAfter	Third Punic War ⓘ
partOf	Punic archaeological heritage of Tunisia ⓘ
period	Punic period ⓘ
significance	key source for understanding Punic funerary practices ⓘ key source for understanding Punic urbanism ⓘ rare example of an un-Romanized Punic town ⓘ
UNESCOcriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOregion	Arab world ⓘ surface form: Arab States
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	332 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tunisia → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInCountry → Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis ⓘ

Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis → hasPart → Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kerkouane town

Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis → hasPart → Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kerkouane necropolis

Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis → nearbySettlement → Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kerkouane village

Cap Bon Peninsula → containsArchaeologicalSite → Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kerkouane

Cap Bon Peninsula → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kerkouane and its necropolis

Nabeul Governorate → hasArchaeologicalSite → Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kerkouane