Tunisian Pottery: 3,000 Years of Handmade Terracotta Tradition
Few crafts in the world can claim an unbroken history as long as Tunisian pottery. For roughly three millennia — from the Phoenician founders of Carthage to today's family workshops — Tunisian hands have shaped Mediterranean clay into jars, amphorae, planters and tableware. Understanding that history is not just culturally fascinating: it explains why handmade Tunisian terracotta remains, to this day, some of the finest in the Mediterranean. A Craft Born on the Mediterranean: From Carthage to Rome When Phoenician settlers founded Carthage around the 9th century BC, they...