Bardo Museum of Tunis

Welcome to Tunisia!

First stop, the Bardo National Museum, home to some of the most beautiful and important mosaics in the world. This one is from before Islam became prevalent in North Africa because it depicts animals and living things.

This huge floor mosaic is in the process of being transferred onto a wall. Quite and undertaking.

The students all recognized this mosaic of Vergil, flanked by two of his muses, and a copy of his Aeneid in his lap. This is the cover of Wheelock's Latin Grammar book, the one the beginning Latin students are using.

This is a chandelier, but I just couldn't figure out how to get it into the picture.

While in Tunisia, we were with guides the entire time. Our guide tok the group into the Medina of Tunis. A nice tour but he took the group into a perfume shop of a friend of his. Effective as most students left with a purchase.

I am a huge fan of Islamic doors.