El Djem (Arabic: قصر الجمّ ; Latin Thysdrus) a town in Eastern Tunisia, is home to the world’s second largest Roman theater, and of a very rich collection of Roman mosaics of the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
On the outskirts of the city a museum houses many mosaics from excavations in the rich Roman villas of Thysdrus
Mosaics continue to be the main source of artistic attraction of El Djem. The city houses a range of large and small workshops producing both traditional and innovative works.
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