Prelude Carthage was founded in 814 BC by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, on top of a hill later known as the Byrsa, located on a promontory with sea inlets to the north and the south. The city's name, Qart Ḥadašt  (Phoenician: 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕, qrt-ḥdšt) translates to “new city,” implying it was a “new Tyre.”   During the Neo-Assyrian Empire's expansion in the 9th to 7th centuries BCE, Phoenician city-states such as Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos were subjugated as vassals. While these...

This large Talaiotic settlement still possesses a majestic taula and talaiot, and even helped the Spaniards retake Minorca from the English.

A unique megalithic sanctuary on Minorca yet to be understood with the potential to reveal valuable insights on the Talaiotic cutlure.