David Stanley
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male Nanaimo, BC, Canada
David Stanley has authored numerous travel guidebooks for Lonely Planet and Moon Handbooks. He has seen every country in the world and visited all but one.
David Stanley
5 days ago
The Salammbo Tophet at Carthage is the oldest Punic place of worship in Tunisia, dedicated to Baal and Tanit. As many as 20,000 urns containing the remains or bone fragments of sacrificed children have been found here. #SalammboTophet #Carthage #Punic #Tunisia #Baal #Tanit https://images.plurk.com/42XWGrXXvZijSYN1VbGuKK.jpg
David Stanley
6 days ago
It's believed that the ancient Punic residents of Carthage, Tunisia, carried out ritual sacrifices of young children at the Salammbo Tophet. #Punic #Carthage #Tunisia #ritualsacrifices #SalammboTophet https://images.plurk.com/62nBIJRQpRAaQPQH9l64zV.jpg
David Stanley
6 days ago
There's much to explore in the Baths of Antoninus among the ruins of Carthage near Tunis, Tunisia. #BathsofAntoninus #Carthage #Tunis #Tunisia https://images.plurk.com/2gAw3kDinb7OtVxHkhADxX.jpg
David Stanley
6 days ago
The 2nd century Baths of Antoninus next to the Gulf of Tunis in Carthage, Tunisia, are one of the largest bath complexes ever built. #BathsofAntoninus #Tunis #Carthage #Tunisia https://images.plurk.com/5IUi42aguAL4triGI0HOLL.jpg
David Stanley
6 days ago
Since 1992 Saint Louis Cathedral (1890) on the the Punic acropolis of Carthage, Tunisia, has been the Acroolium Cultural Center hosting concerts and public events. #SaintLouisCathedral #Punic #Carthage #Tunisia #AcrooliumCulturalCenter https://images.plurk.com/3d7yBWRnBNpceNmNNy26sI.jpg
David Stanley
6 days ago
Italian actress Claudia Cardinale was born and raised in the Tunis suburb of La Goulette, Tunisia. Her image has been painted on the side of a building near Goulette Neuve TGM train station. Her father was a railway worker. #ClaudiaCardinale #Tunis #LaGoulette #Tunisia #GouletteNeuveTGM https://images.plurk.com/5SeXoc8GID1bQ8IzCkxsfd.jpg
David Stanley
6 days ago
Bab al-Bhar (1848), also known as Porte de France, is the main entrance to the Medina of Tunis, Tunisia. #BabalBhar #PortedeFrance #Tunis #Tunisia https://images.plurk.com/3MBTOf08fAK0OLIXjvH5s1.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
The Royal Victoria Hotel (1914) on Place de la Victoire was the British embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, until 2003. #RoyalVictoriaHotel #Tunis #Tunisia https://images.plurk.com/4XoA4tWyiLPrkvOrceRLD9.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
Tunis City Hall (1998) on Place de la Kasbah in Tunis, Tunisia, occupies the site of the former citadel demolished in the late 1950s. #TunisCityHall #PlacedelaKasbah #Tunis #Tunisia https://images.plurk.com/4petrrAFmTpjSZl1KYvdnu.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
Rue Sidi Ben Arous lined by palaces from the 16th to 19th centuries is one of the great aristocratic streets of the Kasbah of Tunis, Tunisia. #RueSidiBenArous #Kasbah #Tunis #Tunisia https://images.plurk.com/3p6nE4CvXtPaSZn48vzcwu.jpg