The National Heritage Institute of Tunisia announced yesterday the discovery of ancient burial sites in the Kasserine Governorate, located in the western part of the country, which are believed to date back to the late antiquity period.
The archaeological site was uncovered by chance during the construction of a hospital in the Sibibah locality of Kasserine.
According to the institute, a rescue excavation has revealed a significant number of graves that have been documented topographically, archaeologically, and photographically. Various artifacts and skeletal remains have been preserved in the institute’s storage facilities in the region, where they will undergo historical and anthropological studies in the future.
Information shared about the site indicates the presence of two groups of graves. The first group contains jars that were traditionally used to bury infants, a burial practice common among ancient civilizations.
The second group consists of long burial pits containing skeletal remains enclosed in curved ceramic squares.
Preliminary evidence from the institute suggests that these findings can be traced back to the late antiquity period, which historians define as spanning from the third to the eighth century AD.