Punic Empire
Empire of the city-state of Carthage (also sometimes referred to as Western Phoenician)
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Carthage | The city developed from a Canaanite Phoenician colony into the capital of a Punic empire which dominated large parts of the Southwest Mediterranean during the first millennium BC. (wiki) | |
| Gorham's Cave Complex | "Phoenician/ Carthaginian shrine that ceased functioning in the third century BCE" (Nom File) | |
| Ibiza | Puig des Molins and Sa Caleta are both described in the AB ev as "Phoenician-Punic" | |
| Kerkuane | "bears exceptional witness to Phoenician-Punic town planning" (OUV) | |
| Tipasa | Criterion (iii): Tipasa bears exceptional testimony to the Punic and Roman civilizations now disappeared. | |
| Volubilis | Punic inscriptions were found here (pre-Roman) |
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