Bulla Regia Travel Guide

 JLBG Says:  This picture is a close-up on another part of the mosaic showing a large fish which might be a Dusky grouper or Black grouper (Epinephelus guaza or Mycteroperca spp), Mérou in French, in Arab it is known as mennani ahmar or merot. It is surrounded by various shells and in... 

 JLBG Says:  The close-up on the Cupid on the left shows that he is leading the dolphin with a bridle. All around the Mediterranean, there are plenty of legends of children living with dolphins or saved by dolphins, legends of dolphins harnessed by fishermen. 

 JLBG Says:  In the house of the Fishing, a mosaic presents two Cupids, each riding a dolphin in a sea rich with fishes of all kind. The Cupid on the right seems to be holding a large pan, may be to cook fried fish for dinner ! Is he going first to knock them down with the pan ?? Not a... 

 JLBG Says:  The close-up on Venus shows well how the small pieces of colored and polished stones were delicately arranged to render the feeling of volume and all the smoothness of the curves of the body. They are all arranged in files underlining the movements of the body. On the arms,... 

 JLBG Says:  In the house of Amphitrite a superb mosaic represents Venus sitting on the back of a Centaur (a mythic creature build as a horse with a human torso) that holds a shell. In the background, the human figure with crab claws on his forehead, crab legs on his cheeks and crab... 

 JLBG Says:  Unlike in most Roman remains in Tunisia, most mosaics were kept in situ and not brought to the Bardo museum. Actually, only some of them have been transferred. This portrait of a young man is in good condition except the eyes that have been ruined. 

 aliante1981 Says:  The semi-circle sitting rows ý an indispensable characteristic of the theatre - are probably the thing in the best condition of all the performance in Bulla Regia. The lower three rows were for the most noble and rich folk, providing a kind of dress-circle seating. In fact,... 

 aliante1981 Says:  After washing, the shows :))) If you follow the road leading from the Memmian Baths to the right, you will in no time get to the well-preserved theatre, decorated near the stage with a famed Roman Tunisian mosaic ý this particular one depicting a bear. 

 aliante1981 Says:  Memmian Baths are in are a way a unique construction for the ruined settlement of Bulla Regia. That is because they are built on the ground, rather than under it. In most other locations thatýs be commonplace, not so here :)) They were named after the wife of the Roman...