The Sleeping City was buried in 1300, the grid was perfectly planned, and the mysterious lost mystery of the cultural relics
In 1765, while traveling in North Africa, the Scotsman Bruce stumbled upon a huge ruin covered in sand and gravel, and although Bruce later described this in detail in a book on the subject, most archaeologists still regarded this as "false", after all, there was no great cultural heritage in North Africa at that time.
More than 100 years later, there is a game company that uses the traces left by Bruce as the backdrop for the story, which has attracted the attention of the world. However, what happened next surprised everyone: a group of crazy players followed the address in the ** to the world-famous city of Timgard.
Few people in the world could have imagined that in Algeria, Africa, in the mountains of Aures Mountains, which are so sparsely populated, there could be such a huge city, and it is also a kind of Romanesque landmark. French immigrants sealed off the ancient city for 80 years in the name of defending it in order to acquire a large cultural heritage.
In the early days of its existence, UNESCO sent staff to spy on the French embassy, and finally revealed that millions of artifacts had been removed from the city and then mysteriously disappeared (it was later found that 70% of the collections of the North Africa exhibition halls of the three major French museums came from this city). After twenty years of negotiations, the French withdrew from the city, and the ancient city reappeared in front of the world.
Although the entire city has been "cleaned", UNESCO experts have found many clues that it was founded around 100 BC and originated with Trajan, one of the five Roman kings, who built the city after his conquest of North Africa to comfort the troops stationed there.
Whether it is ancient Roman texts or modern archaeology, all records related to Trajan the Great mention of this virtuous emperor, and Timgard has reaffirmed this. Trajan was a ruler who expanded the territory of the Roman Empire to the maximum, and he built a city in the city, housed a large number of soldiers, and as a result, he received the title of "best head" of the Roman parliament.
Timgad is ideally located for plains suitable for growing crops, abundant water and even a "livable paradise" for weather. Between 100 and 600 BC, Timgad expanded rapidly, expanding from its original outpost to a large city of 50,000 people covering an area of 15 square kilometers.
Timgard is the largest city in North Africa, with a main road, an open-air theater, a public bath, a shop, a library, a square, and a very prosperous suburb that has since developed over 2,000 years.
This ancient city is divided into two parts by a wall, the first part is the ** that surrounds the city, and the second part is the four parts of commerce, residence, entertainment, and military. Although there are only two main roads, the lattice-shaped roads and criss-crossing roads give this main road a kind of "all roads lead to Rome".
Although it was more like a town in the middle of a city, it was feared by other tribes and kingdoms, and it ensured peace in North Africa for more than 500 years. When the empire declined, the Berber tribes established themselves in North Africa, capturing Timgad, driving out the Romans and relocating other tribes there.
Rapid changes in human beings and agriculture have left Timgad in a desperate situation of overexploitation and vegetation destruction, while the grasslands of the steppes are disappearing, and the erosion of the land has turned the land into a desert. This ancient city has not been covered by thick sand and gravel for more than 1,300 years after the Sahara storm.
From the 7th century onwards, the entire city of Timgard and the surrounding land became a barren land, and people had no choice but to relocate. It is also for this reason that Timgard has been able to remain intact in the face of sandstorms and harsh environments, like the oldest triumphal arch in the world.
Timgard is a historical and cultural monument that is located at the entrance of the park, but what it displays does not correspond to its size at all, except for some Roman inlaid tiles, as well as some metal, **, and agricultural tools.