Necropolis, Mozia, Sicily, Italy

Necropolis, with stone chests containing cremated ashes dating from 8th - 6th century BC, and sarcophagi from 6th - 5th century BC, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, who built an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, which thrived until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Carthage Carthaginian Cremation Fondazione Giuseppe Isola Lagoon Marsala Moria Mothia Motian Motya Mozia Mozzia Necropolis Outpost Pantaleo Phoenicia Phoenician Punic Sicilian Stagnone Trapani Whitaker

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