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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Thugga see Duggah , Tunisia.
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or Dougga , village, Tunisia, SW of Tunis. It is a tourist spot noted for the ruins of the ancient city of Thugga, including a Punic mausoleum (2d cent. BC); temples, arches, a theater, a circus, and an aqueduct of Roman times; and a Byzantine fortress.
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