Libyco-Roman ruins at Dougga (Thugga) UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tunisia, North Africa: travel VLOG

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Today we tour the incredible Ancient Roman site of Dougga in Tunisia, which is one of the country's eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The others sites listed by UNESCO are: the Amphitheatre of El Jem, the Archaeological Site of Carthage, Kairouan, the Medina of Sousse, the Medina of Tunis, the Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis and Ichkeul National Park (all of which will eventually have videos here on Scafidi Travels!)
Amazingly, I had Dougga all to myself for a private two hour video tour! The archaeological site of Thugga/Dougga is located in the North-west region of Tunisia, perched on the summit of a hill at an altitude of 571 m, dominating the fertile valley of Oued Khalled. Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, Thugga had existed for more than six centuries and was, probably, the first capital of the Numidian kingdom. It flourished under Roman rule but declined during the Byzantine and Islamic periods. The impressive ruins which are visible today give an idea of the resources of a Romanised Numidian town. For more information, see: whc.unesco.org/en/list/794
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Lybico-Punic Mausoleum
1:21 - Arch of Septimius Severus
1:30 - Roman theatre of Dougga
2:37 - Capitol of Dougga
3:33 - Market
3:40 - Lycinian Baths
3:47 - Walking downhill through Roman houses
4:09 - Outro in House of Dionysius & Ulysses
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@ScafidiTravels Жыл бұрын

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@monia.47 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video ❤ Dougga was the first capital of the Numidian kingdom after the fall of Carthage Tunisia 🇹🇳

@ScafidiTravels Ай бұрын

It was indeed. Fascinating to think that the Libyco-Punic mausoleum near the base of the hill was an ancient relic even at the time the Roman settlers were living there!

@Sunflower-qu9lm 2 жыл бұрын

I lived in Tunisia and visited this sight. It was amazing!

@ScafidiTravels Жыл бұрын

It's pretty amazing, isn't it? Also great that's it's such an easy drive from Tunis.

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Thus far I have visited five of Tunisia's eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Once I have visited and filmed them all, I will put them into a playlist! Has anyone out there visited them all?

@sofieneboulares3168 3 жыл бұрын

I m Tunisian. I only visited 4 of them.

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

@@sofieneboulares3168 Hopefully my videos encourage you to check out the rest! Although Ichkeul National Park is currently closed to the public, which is annoying.

@josepvallcorbatome4230 Жыл бұрын

Creo k sólo me falta 1 El Parque Nacional

@josepvallcorbatome4230 Жыл бұрын

Aunque he visitado muchísimos lugares Yacimientos arqueológicos incluidos

@MitchSprague Жыл бұрын

A beautiful place. It looks like they've made changes since we were there in 2004.

@ScafidiTravels Жыл бұрын

Sadly, they have made further changes since I filmed this video, including putting up big CCTV camera towers in prime locations on the site.

@sabritebourski9486 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@ScafidiTravels Жыл бұрын

You are welcome, thanks for the support!

@Autourdumonde1 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing vlog my friend

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am busy down in the south of the country now. Should have some amazing new content to upload in the coming weeks...

@Autourdumonde1 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScafidiTravels that’s cool

@TuNiSiA-TaMaZiGhT 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing Views.. mindblowing wow.

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's amazing isn't it? I'd like to go back when it is snowing there. Have seen some epic photos of Twitter from winter!

@mishaakashi 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScafidiTravels it's also incredibly green in spring

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

@@mishaakashi I have heard there are wild flowers all over a lot of these archaeological sites in Spring. Will have to check it out again!

@mishaakashi 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScafidiTravels Sure! For the snow though, we're having less and less of it here in Tunisia sadly. Global warming i suppose 😕 As you may notice, it is still hot even in mid-november which is not the case normally. Anyway let's hope it will snow!

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

@@mishaakashi Yes, this November compared to last November is crazy warm. We were even swimming in the Gulf of Tunis a week ago. That would have been freezing cold back in 2019! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eM-Uddhp3LracWg.html&t

@BeZRules 3 жыл бұрын

Great content , i believe that your channel deserves much more views and subs , i think adding Arabic name translation for the titles ( since the content is related to Tunisia) and activating the auto translation feature in the subtitles will help you get wider coverage . good luck ,keep up the great work , by the way are you using the gopro Hero 9?

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support! Do I need to activate the auto-translation feature on my channel, or do viewers do that for each video as they watch? I am currently using a GoPro Hero8 Black, although I want to get the new Hero 9 soon!

@BeZRules 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScafidiTravels i think its possible for viewers to do , but in order to push KZfaq algorithm to show your videos to more people i think you need to do it yourself . good luck :) Why don't you have a look at Bizerte there are lot of nature to explore .

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeZRules I have spent quite a lot of time up in Bizerte over the past few months. Beautiful spot, excellent tourism potential! I will be uploading some videos on the area soon (to go with my remote beaches series). Thank you for the tip, I have now translated the metadata into French and Arabic for many of m videos. Based on looking at the French Google Translations, I doubt the Arabic is very accurate! But, as you say, it's probably good to push the KZfaq algorithm to show my videos to more people. It is very encouraging that the majority of my views (and video comments) are coming from Tunisians right now. Shows how much potential domestic tourism has here!

@BeZRules 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScafidiTravels all the best, i am pretty sûre this channel will take off soon or late..

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

@@BeZRules Thanks for all your help. I hope it does. Tunisia deserves much more attention on the tourism scene that it is currently getting. Sustainable tourism could play a major role in economic recovery following the end of the covid-19 pandemic!

@d4re416 3 жыл бұрын

How does this only have 900 views? I have to do a thing on Roman architecture in school so I’m making the temple of Saturn out of cardboard.

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Good luck!

@d4re416 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScafidiTravels thank you

@brawnizaa1275 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much man I have a school project about Tunisia So I used ur videos

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! What aspect of Tunisia was the project about?

@brawnizaa1275 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScafidiTravels Roman monuments in Tunisia. I used this video and the Zama and Bulla Regia too. I translated them to arabic and I'm going to present them with more information tomorrow. I hope u liked Tunisia and if you are still here I'd recommend checking out Sfax we have great food here 😄

@ScafidiTravels 3 жыл бұрын

I love Sfax! Stopped there on the way back to Tunis from Djerba over the summer. Tunisia will be my home for the next few years during this project, so I should be visiting the whole country given enough time! Let me know how the school project goes.

@brawnizaa1275 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScafidiTravels My presentation went very good! My teacher liked how you showed us the monuments like we were with you :D and we all felt sad seeing how the monuments are very empty :/ Our school plans many trips every year but this year is an exception.

@brawnizaa1275 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScafidiTravels We just finished the first trimester. We are studying Tunisia's role in history so we started from the Roman Empire in the first trimester, next are Kairouan, the Islamic Empire and the Hafsid Kingdom in the second trimester. And Finally, France's colonization period in the 3rd trimester. I thank you In advance because I'll be using your videos in my futur projects

@amir1780 Ай бұрын

The Numidians built Dougga

@ScafidiTravels Ай бұрын

Indeed. We have a temple there linked to Numidian King Masinissa. But it may be even older than that, linked to a local Amazigh population. So fascinating!

@amir1780 Ай бұрын

@@ScafidiTravels yeah true but we dont know the actual date when it was built But somewhere around 1st century BC The Problem is my Ancestors never wrote anything they didnt care about it So Our History is passed mainly oral

@HH-ug9rh 2 жыл бұрын

they are numido-roman or lybico roman

@ScafidiTravels 2 жыл бұрын

Libyco seems to be more common in English, with Lybico more common in French. But yea, there was definitely stuff there before the Romans built on it, much like Maktar and a few other amazing sites!