Hammamet hosts 7th International Conference on Phoenician and Punic studies
TUNISIAONLINENEWS- The coastal town of Hammamet is hosting these days the 7th international congress of “life, religion and death in the Phoenician and Punic world”.
The event is organized by the National Heritage Institute (INP) and the National Agency for Revival of Heritage and Cultural Development as well as the Research Unit: Punic Carthage and culture dissemination.
The meeting was attended by Mr. Ahmed Alfarjaoui, Director of the conference, and Mr. Fathi Bedjaoui Director General of the National Heritage Institute (INP).
More than 300 researchers and experts from 22 countries representing 52 universities from Western and Arab countries namely Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Lebanon, Libya, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Japan, the United States, Spain, and Italy took part in the event.
In his address, Mr. Mohamed Hassine Fantar, Holder of the Ben Ali Chair for the Dialogue of Civilizations and Religions emphasized the importance of such cultural scientific meetings to build bridges between the nations with ancient civilizations.
In a statement to “Tunisiaonlinenews” Mr. Ahmed Alfarjaoui, Director of the Conference ” said that this meeting falls within the interests of the National Institute to preserve the heritage themes of the present time, which are linked to religion and its importance in international relations”.
The event will be an occasion to reveal new heritages discovered by archeologists in the Punic site in the Sahel region of Kerkouane and statues of pottery were discovered in EL Djem dates back to the Punic era.
