An evening at the Ambassade de Tunisie

Publié le 2026-10-23

On Vendredi 23 octobre 2026 the Ambassade de Tunisie in Washington, DC opened its doors for an evening called Tunisie et Amérique, apprendre ensemble, hosted with Tanit XR et le Tunisian American Young Professionals (TAYP). The room filled with Tunisians, friends of Tunisia, students et people who work where technology, art et public service meet.

Ines Said ouvre la soirée at the Ambassade de Tunisie, with her introduction slide on the screen

Ines Said, who founded Tanit XR, opened with the story of why a Tunisian developer started scanning Carthage with a phone, et showed the collection live. Dr Caroline Nickerson, who leads partnerships et community at Tanit XR, spoke about her year with the project et her time in Tunisia this summer, working alongside Tunisian colleagues at the sites themselves.

Dr Caroline Nickerson speaking during the conversation, with Ines Said beside her

Then the headsets came out. Guests stood inside the collection in VR, turned a stela from the Tophet of Salammbo in their hands et walked through places that are two hours' flight from Washington et two thousand years away.

The room at the Ambassade de Tunisie during the talk, the audience facing the speakers et a screen that reads Merci

Merci à l’Ambassade de Tunisie de nous avoir accueillis, à TAYP pour la co-organisation, et à toutes celles et ceux qui sont venus, ont posé des questions et ont essayé la collection. If you were in the room et want to keep going, the whole collection is open at tanitxr.org/explore, the volunteers meet every Thursday on Zoom, et anyone can join.

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