Chemtou is a marble quarry that was considered in ancient times as the largest quarry in the w0hole of North Africa. The special pink-veined yellow marble that had been valued most throughout the Roman empire was mostly extracted form the quarries here. The process of extracting the marble was such a tremendous and daunting work in the past as the stones have to be carved out first and then transp ...
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History of CHEMTOU
Chemtou was originally the Numidian settlement of Simithu. The roman acquired the region after the battle of Thapsus in 46 BC. The marble extracted form Chemtou sites soo...+
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