Tunisia Pavilion.. a fun cognitive walk that presents a "mosaic" rich in urban arts and intellectual creations

"Hannibal" leads visitors to "Expo" on a virtual journey through the Alps

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An “untimed date” with the legendary Carthaginian leader “Hannibal” and his elephants, with which he crossed the Alps in the continent of Europe, coming from Carthage, invading the strongholds of the Roman Empire, arranged by the Tunisia pavilion at “Expo 2020 Dubai” for its visitors, in a semi-living coexistence that allows them to Attending rituals belonging to a civilization that is thousands of years old.

Commander

"Hani Baal", whose name is written in different ways: "Hannibal", "Hanna Baal", "Hannibal", or "Hannibal", a military leader of Phoenician origins, who is likely to have been born in 247 BC, and is credited with inventing many War tactics, which, according to the military, are still adopted today.

He was the ruler of the city of Carthage located on the Mediterranean coast in North Africa, a city whose civilizational status represents a large part of the cultural and human heritage and stock of the history of the North African bride... Tunisia.

Virtual reality

Coexistence transports the visitor, through the “virtual reality” feature, to the training site of war elephants in the time of the Phoenicians, when he used to bring 30 elephants each time to spend a period inside stone barns to learn the arts of battle. The visitor stands in front of the leader “Hannibal” on the banks of the Gulf of Tunis, He explains to him from inside the barns about the importance of those elephants, and then accompanies him to the ports of Carthage, which "Hannibal" feared would become a breeding ground for the invaders, so he surprised them with an attack in their own backyard to prevent them from reaching his country.

war victories

Historical references tell that "Hannibal" marched with an army of war elephants from Iberia, the coast of Tunisia, to northern Italy, crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps during the Second Punic War.

Within 15 years, he managed to achieve three well-known historical victories in the battles of "Tribia", "Lake Trasmania", and "Cannae", which in turn enabled him to occupy most of the territory of Italy, to cut off the road throughout that period on the Roman Empire, and prevent it from reaching the Roman Empire. The Mediterranean region in North Africa.

cultural diversity

The present lands of Tunisia lived under the influence of the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Numidians, Romans, Byzantines, Vandals, Umayyads, Fatimids, Ottomans and French. The Mediterranean Basin, Europe and Africa, which played an important role in enriching this diversity.

Cultural "mosaic"

Tunisia’s modern history extends over 3000 years, during which it was known through various civilizational times, from which a cultural “mosaic” was made, rich in urban arts, achievements and intellectual creations. .

Therefore, a visit to its pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai can be considered an enjoyable knowledge walk, but it is very brief, given what it offers about the ancient African country located halfway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nile Delta.

Tunisian house

After meeting "Hannibal", the visitor notices where the real meeting was, which leads to a luminous courtyard in a Tunisian house that includes a session whose walls are decorated with paintings of mosaic art, whose history in Tunisia dates back to the era of ancient Roman times.

One of the displayed paintings shows the first eras of treating diseases using medicines in the Maghreb. It also conveys stone images of relatively recent times in Tunisia's history, as it dates back to the period when the country fell under the control of the Ottoman Empire.

mosaic panels

Historians confirm that the archaeological excavations that were found of thousands of giant mosaic panels prove that the ancient inhabitants of Africa in Tunisia, the Algerian East and the Libyan West, were skilled in designing mosaic panels, and that they adopted them to express ideology, thinking, the lives of rulers, ways of living and details of daily life in Those ages stretch back to thousands of years BC.

The mosaic, which is called the "speaking stone", and it dates back to the first century BC, is defined as the art and craft of making small cubes and using them in the decoration and decoration of floor and wall spaces by installing them with tiles on smooth surfaces, using various materials, such as stones, metals, glass and shells, This is to form different images of nature, man and animals, or to express certain cultural or moral symbols.

And between Carthage and the mosaic is an important archaeological relationship, part of which was discovered, with the discovery of the site of the "Carthage Horse Mosaic" in 1960, a mosaic dating back to the ancient Roman era, estimated to be 12 meters wide and nine meters long.

It was found near the archaeological site of the Carthage Columns, but was later moved near the Odeon Hill, and the Roman Villa Garden located in Carthage as well.

The entirety of it was placed in the form of chess pieces, intersecting its panels, which formed drawings of horses, geographical components, and various other forms.

Artificial intelligence and technical progress

Tunisia's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai did not overlook its recent scientific achievements in the field of artificial intelligence, and technological and technical progress, which was manifested in the robotics industry, as well as in scientific research and medical sciences, which were able to excel in the production of prosthetic limbs synonymous with highly effective human organs.

The visual presentations dealt with the most important geographical and historical features in a country that has the elements of competition in the tourism sector, given the beauty of its climate and the diversity of topography of its natural environment, in addition to the good taste of its Mediterranean food items.

• The Tunis pavilion organized for its visitors a semi-lively experience that allows them to attend rituals belonging to a civilization that is thousands of years old.