Auteur : M'hamed Hassine
Fantar / Samir Aounallah /
Abdelaziz Daoulatli
Ed. 2019 AMVPPC
Dimension : 25 x 32 cm
Nombre de pages : 240 pages
Langues : Anglais

What do museums, monuments and archaeological sites represent, if not to stand as a witness to the long history of humanity?

True, we are appalled by the proliferation of violent acts against the World Heritage, and while we mourn the victims of the terrorist attack perpetrated on March 18, 2015 we are also alarmed at the fact that the attack took place in the Bardo National Museum, the custodian of our history, our identity, and our culture. This book pays tribute to the then named Alaoui Museum, inaugurated on May 7, 1888 and named after the then ruler Ali Bey. At independence, it became the Bardo National Museum. All the objects displayed there have been collected on Tunisian soil. Over the years, the museum continued to gain wealth and to evolve. The Bardo epicjourneygoes on.

This book is also a tribute to all the archaeologists, historians, anthropologists, and ethnologists who searched Tunisian soil relentlessly since the 19th century and who gave meaning to their discoveries, to the curators who embraced this heritage and to Tunisia which, since its independence, has given itself the means to shine the spotlight on its history by protecting the sites, restoring the monuments, and creating so many museums.