(23 Oct 2024)
MOROCCO ARCHAEOLOGY EXHIBITION
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rabat, Morocco – 22 October 2024
1. Tourists checking items on display at exhibition focusing on the history of Chellah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Rabat
2. Statue head on display
3. Tourist checking exhibition
4. Various of stone sculpture of elephant and ivory tusk
5. Exhibit on display
6. Museum director Rochdi Bernoussi standing next to head of the museum’s numismatic research department Smahane Bouktab
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Rochdi Bernoussi, director of the museum of Morocco’s central bank:
"Morocco’s history doesn’t start with the Islamic era that had an important influence on civilization. What we are trying to do in all humility and modesty during this exhibition is to show the importance of this historical site that gave us many discoveries, including numismatic discoveries."
8. Various of entrance of the Moroccan central bank’s museum
9. Poster advertising exhibition reading (Arabic/French): "Sala (Chellah), hidden treasures of an ancient Moroccan site"
10. Visitors looking at site map
11. Various of ancient coins on display
12. Various of Bouktab looking at ancient coins
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Smahane Bouktab, head of the numismatic research department at the museum:
"As far as the numismatic history of the city, Chellah has a series of bronze coins clearly depicting the local agriculture products of the city and containing references to its religious identity as well as the name of the city engraved in the new Punic language. The city stopped making its own coins during the Mauro-Roman period. During that time, the city witnessed the introduction of a series of coins that were minted in Rome."
14. Various archeological finds including funeral urns and fishing hooks
15. Various of collection of seven small heads made from plaster
16. Sign at museum
17. Exhibit on display
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Rabat, Morocco – 21 October 2024
18. Sign of the National Institute for Archaeological Sciences and Heritage
19. Head of National Institute for Archaeological Sciences and Heritage, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar working in his office
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, head of National Institute for Archaeological Sciences and Heritage:
"There is a huge excavation project taking place outside the walls (of Chellah), which date back to the 14th century. For the first time ever, we discovered in this site a historical and ancient port going back to the era before the advent of Islam. We also discovered a bathhouse going back to the second century AD that is considered among the largest bathhouses from that period in Morocco."
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ARCHIVE: Chellah, Morocco – 3 November 2023
21. Various excavation work taking place at Chellah
22. Various of finds at site
STORYLINE:
An exhibition in Morocco is highlighting the millennia-long history of Chellah, an archaeological site near Rabat that reflects Morocco’s rich cultural heritage.
Chellah is a 1.2-square-mile (3.15-square-kilometer) UNESCO World Heritage Site with a footprint almost five times the size of Pompeii.
Archaeologists believe it was once a bustling port city near the capital of modern-day Morocco.
The exhibition, held at Morocco’s central bank museum, is giving viewers a chance to get up-close with Chellah’s "hidden treasures," according to a sign at the entrance.
Scholars believe the area was first settled by the Phoenicians and emerged as a key Roman Empire outpost from the second to fifth century.
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