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Document Details : Title: British Excavations at Bir Messaouda, Carthage 2000-2004 Subtitle: The Byzantine Basilica Author(s): MILES, Richard Journal: BABESCH Volume: 81 Date: 2006 Pages: 199-226 DOI: 10.2143/BAB.81.0.2014429 Abstract : New excavations at Bir Messaouda, a piece of open ground in the centre of modern Carthage, have uncovered a very substantial Christian transept basilica which dates to the 6th century AD. The structure bordered the Decumanus Maximus to the north and Cardines IX and X east to the west and east. The complex also comprised of a baptistery and crypt. The building appears to have been in use for much of the Byzantine period before falling into disuse in the later part of the 7th century AD. |
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