Tanit XR Galleries

Walk through Tunisia, one object at a time

Five halls of real heritage, scanned on location by volunteers with phones and cameras. Every object here can be turned, zoomed and opened in full. Nothing is behind glass.

47Objects
5Halls
2,800Years covered
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I

Carthage

Punic and Roman

Phoenician settlers founded Carthage and it grew into the capital of an empire that ran the western Mediterranean. Rome destroyed it in 146 BCE, then rebuilt it as the capital of Roman Africa. What stands today is layered. Punic stelae raised to Tanit and Baal Hammon sit a short walk from Roman columns, villa mosaics and the largest bath complex Rome built in Africa. Our volunteers scanned across four areas of the site.

Tanit Stela – Tophet of Salammbo, Carthage
Hall I  ·  feature object

Tanit Stela – Tophet of Salammbo, Carthage

Site
Tophet of Salammbo, Carthage
Period
Punic
Optimized by
Rachel West
Record
Preservation scan and game-ready twin

This 3D scan captures a Punic funerary stela from the Tophet of Salammbô, a sacred site in ancient Carthage (present-day Tunisia). The stone is carved with the symbol of Tanit, the principal goddess of the Carthaginian pantheon, represented by a triangle (body), horizontal arms, and a circular head.

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II

Water Temple, Zaghouan

Roman, 2nd century CE

Under Hadrian, Rome built a temple around a mountain spring at Zaghouan. From here an aqueduct carried water more than 90 kilometres to Carthage, one of the longest in the Roman world. The temple is the monumental head of that system. Niches once held statues of water deities, laurel friezes ran along the cornices, and a Latin slab recorded who paid for it.

Sacred Niche – Roman Water Temple, Zaghouan
Hall II  ·  feature object

Sacred Niche – Roman Water Temple, Zaghouan

Site
Water Temple, Zaghouan
Period
Roman, 2nd century CE
Record
Preservation scan

This intricately designed niche is part of the Roman Water Temple in Zaghouan, constructed during the reign of Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century CE. The temple marked the starting point of the massive aqueduct that carried fresh water over 90 kilometers to the city of Carthage.

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III

Kairouan

7th century onward

Kairouan was founded in 670 CE and became the first Islamic city of the Maghreb and its spiritual centre for centuries. The Zawiya of Sidi Sahib, known as the Barber's Mosque, holds some of the finest Ottoman era ceramic tilework and carved stucco in Tunisia. Scanning interiors like these is difficult. The surfaces are reflective, the light is low and the detail is small.

Wooden Door with Tilework – Zawiya of Sidi Sahbi
Hall III  ·  feature object

Wooden Door with Tilework – Zawiya of Sidi Sahbi

Site
Zawiya of Sidi Sahbi
Period
Ottoman era
Optimized by
Daniel Gómez
Record
Preservation scan and game-ready twin

This finely preserved doorway combines a heavy wooden door framed by intricate glazed tilework, characteristic of Tunisian Islamic architectural decoration.

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IV

Medina of Tunis

8th century onward

The medina grew around the Zitouna Mosque and became one of the great cities of the Islamic world under the Almohads and the Hafsids. It is not a ruin. People live and work here now. These scans are doors, wells, looms and prayer niches recorded in streets that are still in daily use, including the Madrasa Al Bachia of 1752 and the Medersa Slimanya.

Ornamental Mihrab (Mahram) – Medersa Slimanya
Hall IV  ·  feature object

Ornamental Mihrab (Mahram) – Medersa Slimanya

Site
Medina of Tunis
Optimized by
Ana Beatriz Vega González
Record
Preservation scan and game-ready twin

Date/Period: 18th century (Husainid period) Material/Technique: Marble, carved plaster, qallaline ceramic tiles Description: This architectural element is a mahram, an ornamental niche inspired by the form of the mihrab.

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V

Neapolis

Punic and Roman, exposed 2026

In early 2026 Storm Harry stripped sand off the seabed near Nabeul and exposed part of Neapolis, a Punic and later Roman city that collapsed into the sea after a tsunami in the 4th century CE. Stone blocks and wall lines were visible for a few days before the sediment returned. Tanit XR captured the newly exposed area inside that window. This hall holds one object, and it is the reason we work quickly.

Neapolis Site Revealed By Floods In Tunisia
Hall V  ·  feature object

Neapolis Site Revealed By Floods In Tunisia

Site
New Site (Flood)
Period
Punic and Roman
Record
Preservation scan

New Neapolis Site Revealed By Recent Floods(Storm Harry) In Tunisia. Scanned by Youssef Lakdhar!.

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Every object in here was saved by a volunteer

Most were captured with a phone. The halls are also being rebuilt as a real space you can walk in VR, room by room, by the same team.

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