 A modern building in the "classical" style greets you on arrival at Timgad |
 The Cardo Maximus entering Timgad from the North Gate |
 Timgad is a complete Roman frontier city founded ca. 100 AD by the Emperor Trajan |
 Many Latin inscriptions are scattered around the archeological site of Timgad |
 Columns lining the Cardo Maximus, the main street of any classical Roman city |
 Timgad rose and grew under the Romans but by the time of the Arab conquest, the city was abandoned |
 Standing doorway, Timgad |
 Traveling companions I met in Constantine, Louis & Zackaria |
 Ancient Roman main street, the Cardo Maximus |
 Corinthian column capital, Timgad |
 Standing column, Library of Timgad |
 I'm glad we eventually invented spaces between words |
 Library of Timgad - Ex Liberalitate ... Coloniae Thamivgad |
 Public Library of Timgad |
 Apparently, of the whole Ancient Roman world, the ruins of public libraries have only been identified at Ephesus and Timgad |
 Ancient Roman Public Library, Timgad |
 Louis & Zack at the Library of Timgad |
 Spiral column, Library of Timgad |
 Cardo Maximus with the Public Library of Timgad on the right |
 Near the intersection of the Cardo Maximus and the Decumanus Maximus, the heart of any Roman city |
 The Decumanus Maximus with its chariot-rutted stones heading west to Trajan's Arch |
 Hexagonal inscription stone at the Forum of Timgad |
 North side of the Forum of Timgad |
 Amazing ruins on the very frontier of the Roman Empire, Timgad |
 Public latrine with sit-down toilets, a technology lost for centuries - and still not found in many countries today |
 Public latrine in the very center of ancient Timgad |
 The public toilets by the Forum were even decorated with carvings of dolphins |
 A double seater, Timgad |
 A wide single, Timgad |
 Forum Basilica, from Timgad's brief Christian era |
 Columns, columns! Get your columns here! Ionic, Doric, Corinthian! Put a few columns in front, turn any hovel into a showplace! |
 Forum of Timgad |
 Inscription on the Timgad Forum, ...Flavian... |
 An interesting script compared to "standard" Latin inscriptions at Timgad |
 Another spiral column, Timgad |
 Spiral column, Timgad |
 Forum of Timgad |
 Forum of Timgad |
 Panoramic view of the Timgad Forum |
 Steps around the Roman Forum, Timgad |
 Weeds growing up between the paving stones of the Roman Forum, Timgad |
 Roman Forum, Timgad |
 The Forum would have been surrounded by important buildings |
 Timgad inscription - Imperatore Caesare Divi Hadriani Filio Divi Traiane Pote Divi Nervae ... |
 Trajan's Arch, the most impressive standing structure in Timgad |
 Roman Theatre of Timgad, ca 160 AD |
 View to the northwest from the Theatre of Timgad |
 Panoramic view of the Theatre of Timgad |
 Zackaria on stage at the Roman Theatre, Timgad |
 Timgad's theatre could have seated up to 3500 spectators |
 Arch leading to the stage of the Roman Theatre of Timgad |
 Much of the theatre was destroyed in 539 AD to reuse the stones for the nearby Byzantine Fortress of Justinian |
 Roman Theatre of Timgad |
 Theatre of Timgad - stage right |
 View from the upper row, Roman Theatre of Timgad |
 Theatre of Timgad - stage left |
 The ancient Roman theatre of Timgad was restored by French archeologists |
 View of the Roman Forum of Timgad from the ancient theatre |
 The Arch of Trajan dominates the ancient ruins of Timgad |
 Zackaria of Constantine |
 Ancient Roman Theatre of Timgad |
 View of the ruins of Timgad from the theatre hill |
 Built a distance south of Timgad, the Byzantine Fort, ca 539 AD |
 The outline of the Grand South Baths clearly visible from the theatre hill, Timgad |
 Grid layout of southwestern Timgad from the theatre hill |
 The ancient Capitol of Timgad must have been impressive given the scale of the two standing columns |
 Theatre hill, one of several high spots within the ancient city of Timgad |
 Fallen column and capital, Timgad |
 Fallen inscription stone, Grand South Baths - Timgad |
 In situ mosaic, Grand South Baths of Timgad |
 Grand South Baths, Timgad |
 Carved stone doorway, Grand South Baths |
 Zacharia explores the lower level of the ancient baths |
 Lower level, Grand South Baths, Timgad |
 Roman brickwork of the Grand South Baths, Timgad |
 Lower level of the Grand South Baths, Timgad |
 Brick arches of the Grand South Baths, Timgad |
 Grand South Baths, Timgad |
 Grand South Baths, Timgad |
 Carved stone vessels abandoned at the Grand South Baths |
 Theatre Hill, Timgad |
 The Capitol, Timgad |
 The Capitol - just two standing columns |
 The Capitol, Timgad |
 Capitol colonnade, Timgad |
 Colonnade on the east side of Capitol Square, Timgad |
 This must have been an impressive sight in antiquity |
 Columns without capitals, Timgad |
 Looking east from the Capitol to the Roman Theatre, Timgad |
 The ancient Roman Forum from the Capitol |
 The Capitol, Timgad |
 Each of the tallest standing columns is 14m high |
 The Capitol was a temple dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerava |
 Fallen titan, remains of one of the Capitol's other columns |
 The Capitol, Timgad |
 Massive column capital from the Capitol of Timgad |
 The Capitol of Timgad |
 The Capitol of Timgad |
 The Capitol of Timgad |
 The Capitol of Timgad |
 The Capitol of Timgad |
 Segmented columns used for the Capitol |
 The Capitol of Timgad |
 Twin columns still standing at the Capitol of Timgad |
 Timgad expanded well beyond the central core during its 6 centuries of inhabitance on the fringe of the Roman Empire |
 The Capitol of Timgad |
 Zackaria at the Capitol, Timgad |
 The Capitol of Timgad |
 Ruins of the Capitol, Timgad |
 The Capitol must have been Timgad's most impressive ancient temple |
 Capitol Hill, Ancient Timgad |
 Remains of a structure behind the Ancient Capitol |
 Cross the field of weeks to visit the Byzantine Fort south of the ancient city of Timgad |
 Timgad has some beautiful purple wildflowers |
 Crossing the meadows between Ancient Timgad and the Byzantine Fort |
 The Byzantine Fort was built ca 539 during the reign of Emperor Justinian |
 Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 The Byzantines built their Fort using some stones pillaged from the Roman Theatre |
 Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Stone vessels left abandoned outside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Officers quarter and divine pool, Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Remains of what looks like a small church inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 The Byzantine Fort was built on an early water source |
 The Byzantine Fort of Timgad measures 112m x 67m |
 West side of the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 East side of the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Detail of the Byzantine Fort, perhaps an ancient fountain |
 Fallen inscription stone inside the Byzantine Fort |
 Herringbone pattern brickwork on the floor of a ruined building inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 The Sacred Pool inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Christian inscription in the Byzantine Fort |
 Walls of the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Another toppled inscription stone, Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Remains inside the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Ruins of the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Steps in the Byzantine Fort, Timgad |
 Roman Road leading from Timgad to the Byzantine Fort |
 Part of the vast ruined city of Timgad with the Roman Theatre and Grand Southern Baths |
 Panoramic View of the Ancient Roman City of Timgad |
 "Suburban" Timgad in the distance |
 The Grand South Baths, Timgad |
 Scant remains of the Capitol, Timgad |
 The Capitol, Timgad |
 The Capitol, Timgad |
 The Ancient Roman Theatre, Timgad |
 The Capitol, Timgad |
 Colonnade in front of the Capitol |
 The Arch of Trajan, Timgad |
 the Roman Emperor Trajan ordered the establishment of Timgad on the southern frontier to quarter the Legion III Augusta |
 Sertius Market, Timgad |
 Sertius Market, Timgad |
 Sertius Market, Timgad |
 Sertius Market, Timgad |
 Sertius Market, Timgad |
 Timgad's full name was Colonia Marciana Traiana Thamugadi |
 UNESCO calls Timgad "a consummate example of a Roman military colony" |
 A pair of arches, TImgad |
 Trajan's Arch through the Arch of Walid |
 A row of 6 columns, Timgad |
 Trajan's Arch, Timgad |
 Trajan reigned as Roman Emperor 98-117 AD |
 Trajan established Timgad to defend the Roman frontier against the Berber tribes of teh Aures Mountains |
 Timgad was sacked by the Vandals in the 5th Century then briefly revived under Byzantium |
 Ruins of Timgad with Trajan's Arch |
 Trajan's Arch was partially restored by the French in 1900 |
 The westward continuation of the Decumanus Maximus |
 The Arch of Trajan, Timgad |
 I'm being photographed by Louis |
 Louis and Zack with Trajan's Arch, Timgad |
 Trajan's Arch, Timgad |
 Trajan's Arch seen from the west |
 A circular brick structure, western Timgad |
 Gate labeled "Pagan Necropolis" on the map of Timgad |
 Sort of a Bi- version of the Tetrapylon in Palmyra |
 Pagan Necropolis, Timgad |
 Pagan Necropolis, Timgad |
 I don't know if the road continues to be called the Decumanus Maximus as it heads out of the city beyond Trajan's Arch |
 Pagan Necropolis Gate, Timgad |
 Pagan Necropolis Gate, Timgad |
 Pagan Necropolis Gate, Timgad |
 Pagan Necropolis Gate, Timgad |
 Ruins in the far west of Timgad |
 Looking back towards the Arch of Trajan and the Roman Amphitheatre of Timgad |
 Western Ruins, Timgad |
 Pagan Necropolis, Timgad |
 Western ruins beyond the old city centre of Timgad |
 Trajan's Arch, Timgad |
 Oh, to see what the city looked like in the 2nd-3rd C. AD |
 The vast ruins of Ancient Timgad |
 Ruins of Timgad with some kind of stone trough |
 Beyond Trajan's Arch, the Decumanus Maximus turns towards the northwest |
 Ruins of Ancient Timgad with the prominent remains of the Capitol and Trajan's Arch |
 Trajan's Arch, Timgad |
 Roman road leading up to Trajan's Arch from the west, Timgad |
 Roman road leading up to Trajan's Arch from the west, Timgad |
 Roman Road and Trajan's Arch |
 Temple near Trajan's Arch, Timgad |
 Inscription stone at the temple by Trajan's Arch |
 Roman road leading up to Trajan's Arch from the western temple, Timgad |
 The extensive Roman ruins at Timgad |
 Trajan's Arch from the small western temple, Timgad |
 Trajan's Arch, Timgad |
 Column fragment with Trajan's Arch |
 Column fragment with Trajan's Arch |
 The impressive monument of Timgad, Trajan's Arch |
 Trajan's Arch from the steps of the western temple |
 The western temple's remains are really just a grand stone staircase |
 Zackaria with Trajan's Arch |
 Ruts ground out by the wheels of chariots are visible leading to the central portal of Trajan's Arch |
 Trajan's Arch, Timgad |
 Roman road leading to Trajan's Arch |
 Roman road leading to Trajan's Arch |
 Northwest half of Trajan's Arch |
 Southwest half of Trajan's Arch |
 Detail of Trajan's Arch, Timgad |
 Corinthian column, Trajan's Arch |
 Grooves in the paving stones carved out by centuries of ancient chariot and wagon traffic |
 Latin inscription, Trajan's Arch, Timgad |
 Inscribed stone at Trajan's Arch |
 CONCORDIAE AVGG.. DOMINORVM ... IMPPL SEPTIM SEVERIE ... |
 Timgad from just inside Trajan's Arch |
 A plague of locusts? Timgad |
 Forrest of columns, Timgad |
 Ruins of ancient Timgad |
 Ruins of ancient Timgad |
 Back on the Cardo Maximus of Timgad |
 The Timgad Museum...closed...still |
 Sculpture outside the Timgad Museum |
 If they're leaving them outside, why not leave them in situ? |
 The all-seeing-eye? Timgad |
 Mercury on a carved stone, Timgad |
 Dozens of carved stones set out in front of the Timgad Museum |
 I have no idea if/when the Timgad Museum is going to open again |
 Roman couple, Timgad |
 Roman tombstone, Timgad |
 I think the woman is on the left |
 Ancient Roman tombstone propped up against the wall of the Timgad Museum |
 Roman tombstone, Timgad |
 At least in this one it's clear who the woman is |
 Roman tombstones, Timgad |
 Café outside the entrance to the Timgad Archeological Site |
 Engraving with Arabic writing showing the Arch of Trajan |
 Curio market outside the Archeological Park of Timgad |
 The Emperor Trajan depicted in the modern town of Timgad |
 Depiction of a Roman coin of Trajan, modern Timgad |
 These reliefs are on the road leading to the parking area for Timgad |