COLOPHON -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 CARTHAGE:FACT AND MYTH -- 2 PHOENICIA: FROM PLACE OF TRANSIT TO TRADING NATION -- 3 PUNIC CARTHAGE -- 4 THE PUNIC WRITING SYSTEM -- 5 THE TOPHET OF CARTHAGE -- 6 EGYPTIAN INFLUENCE IN CARTHAGE -- 7 CARTHAGE AS A MARITIME POWER -- 8 CARTHAGE& THE LOCAL LIBYAN-NUMIDIAN POPULATION -- 9 THE PUNIC WARS -- 10 THE MAHDIA SHIPWRECK -- 11 ROMAN CARTHAGE: HISTORY AND MONUMENTS -- 12 CHRISTIAN CARTHAGE -- 13 DIDO AND HANNIBAL THROUGH WESTERN EYES -- 14 FOREIGNERS ON AN UNFAMILIAR COAST: THE REDISCOVERY OF CARTHAGE -- 15 REFLECTIONS OF CARTHAGE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ART -- 16 IMAGES OF CARTHAGE IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES: FILMS, COMICS AND GAMES -- 17 ANCIENT CARTHAGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: A TIMELESS MESSAGE -- LITERATURE -- INDEX.