Carthage. Archéologie et histoire d'une métropole méditerranéenne 814 avant J.-C. - 1270 après J.-C. Histoire de l’art He understood that the Versailles

He understood that the Versailles of Louis XIV was a myth that could only be preserved by becoming a museum dedicated "to all the glories of France

Le Corbusier's private collection included around ten works of African art (including two paintings by the Sudanese painter Kalifala Sidibé)

emblematic of Meroitic royalty

Albrecht Dürer

Carthage. Archéologie et histoire d'une métropole méditerranéenne 814 avant J.-C. - 1270 après J.-C. Histoire de l’art He understood that the VersaillesHistory and Archaeology of a Mediterranean Metropolis814 BC 1270 AD The history of all great cities mixes glory and pain. But Carthage, perched on its African promontory, seems to live its adventures and rebirths with even greater intensity. Its destruction by the Romans in 146 BC, a definitive condemnation, did not prevent the half ruined houses from being rebuilt a century later, the men from fighting and trade from prospering again. Founded by the