Word: tunisian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Romans had driven out Carthage's 500,000 inhabitants, razed the city, and sowed salt in the rubble so that nothing would ever grow there. As recently as 1930, the ancient metropolis was no more than a sleepy Tunisian village of 2,000. Now the place is being ruined in a new way-by developers...
Work has already started. A group of Polish archaeologists, using special electronic equipment, has charted 120 acres of ruins in three months, a job that would have taken six years using traditional methods. To encourage other foreign archaeologists to excavate Carthage, the Tunisian government has promised them that they can keep or borrow a portion of their Punic and Roman finds. "With scientific digging," declares UNESCO's Fradier, "Carthage can be completely restored in 15 to 20 years. So far as tourists are concerned, in two or three years we'll have put Carthage back...
Just in time for Christmas, the Tunisian state publishing monopoly has announced that it is putting President Habib Bourguiba's choicest speeches on no fewer than 485 long-playing records costing a mere $ 1 each. So far, the buyers have been Tunisian youth groups, cells of the ruling Neo-Destour Party, trade unions and embassies. When the set is complete (only 320 speeches are available now), Bourguiba fans will be able to hear 450 hours of speechifying on topics ranging from veils and miniskirts to population and polygamy...