Algeria

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It is amazing to think so much of these small tiles were able to be rescued and put back together and put on display for all to see.

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Relief of the amphitheater which I walked to with in the site.

I later walked this entire area we see in relief.

The ruins in the distance which I would walk.

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Entrance from the museum to the ruins site is through this grouping of trees.

The name given for this area for centuries was called Cuicul.

The Roman theater of Cuicul, Djemila, was constructed into the side of the hill overlooking the valley in the 2nd century AD.

Cuicul&#039;s builders followed a standard plan with a forum at the center and two main streets.

The city was initially populated by a colony of Roman soldiers from Italy, and eventually grew to become a large trading market.

The resources that contributed to the prosperity of the city were essentially agricultural cereals, olive trees and farm.

The Severan Forum and Temple of the Gens Septimia were built outside the original city walls of Cuicul, in the early 3rd century AD

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Amazing are  these items are still so well defined after 2,300 years or weather and sun.