Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis

Abandonment preserved Kerkuane. Deserted around 250 B.C. during the First Punic War and never reoccupied by Rome, this town on Tunisia's Cap Bon peninsula is the only Phoenician-Punic city to come down to us essentially unaltered. Its houses follow a standard plan — many with private baths — that reveals surprisingly sophisticated urban thinking. UNESCO inscribed Kerkuane and its necropolis in 1985.