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Verified places tagged “thermal”

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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city

Aquae Regiae

Numidian to Byzantine (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman

Hot-spring road station with bath complex and Byzantine granary fort.

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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient village

Matmata — Berber Pit Dwellings

Ancient to Modern troglodyte (4th c BCE–present) · Berber (Matmata) / Punic?

Matmata is the Berber pit-dwelling village 600 m on Djebel Dahar plateau where houses are 6–10 m diameter circular pits 7 m deep dug into limestone with 3–4 excavated rooms around central courtyard…

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🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city

Aquae Calidae (Hammam Righa)

Roman (Augustan to Byzantine, 27 BCE–7th c. CE) · Mauretanian / Roman

Sulphur spa city with 8-pool bath complex and mansio hotel.