Tunisia, the birthplace of mosaics :
This section highlights the major role of Tunisia in ancient times in promoting the mosaics’ new art, and thoroughly describes the chronology of mosaics in Tunisia, their genesis, the techniques used in the production of these stone paintings, the geographical location of the stone quarries used and the role of Tunisia in disseminating mosaics in the whole of the Mediterranean area, more particularly in ancient Rome. This part is also rich in illustrations destined to provide readers with information on places, times and cultural artefacts (illustration of various Tunisian archaeological sites, maps indicating Tunisia’s position in the Mediterranean, others locating the various archaeological sites, reconstitution in 3D of the El Jem Amphitheatre, illustration of historical figures such as Hannibal, Alexander the Great etc… Illustrations of other civilizations: Rome, Ur, Babylon, etc).

 Prosperity and opulence :
The distinctive prosperity of the Roman Tunisian Era derives essentially from a flourishing trade, handicraft techniques inherited from the Punic era, and from highly sophisticated agricultural traditions, fisheries and sea resources, as Tunisia’s coastline extends over more than 1300 km. The text in this section depicts the various selected mosaics representing the prosperity and opulence of the times and depicting the Lords and their life on their land property, fishing, hunting, horse breeding, festivities and pieties and other scenes of daily life.

 Mosaics, sports and games :
Mosaics coming from various sites are a testimony that athletic exhibitions had numerous fans. They even show that in Roman times, Tunisia was one of the Imperial areas most known for its great and successful combats and contests. It is duly important to call attention to the sports and cultural activities of the times as they are illustrated in the mosaics featuring in this section (athletics, circuses and amphitheatre games).

 The mosaic: A reflection of religious beliefs :
The evolution of the mosaics is concurrent with the evolution spirit. Mythology, as one of the major components of culture and religion in Antiquity, was the first source of inspiration for the mosaïsts. It is in this perspective that both the illustrations and the text in this section, are designed to describe the evolution in religious beliefs from Greek mythology, Christianity, down to Islam.

 More than 160 mosaics, among which some recently discovered and yet unpublished specimens.

 More than 100 other illustrations: archaeological sites from Tunisia, Italy, Iraq, Turkey, symbols of civilizations, Punic ,Romanan, Babylonian icons, etc…, historical figures such as Hannibal, Ulysses, Alexander the Great, etc…, reconstitution in 3D of El Jem Thysdrus Amphitheatre, etc...

All CD functions (text, illustrations, voice off, index, etc.) are in two languages: French and English

To make the text more comprehensible for the readers who are not familiar with the matter, the function " index " displays in a very simple way the technical terms used, the Greek mythology and gods, the sites, the historical figures and the words usually considered difficult to comprehend. This function facilitates the comprehension of the text; it may be accessed in two ways: either by clicking directly on the term to be defined, or by running through the index list located under a specific heading.

It is the function which facilitates the direct search for a specific mosaic, section, or sub section.

The reader may read the text, or use the function voice off to listen to the narrative, and visualize the various illustrations in a section while listening to this same text and without reading it.

The voice off is accompanied by a traditional basic music perfectly compatible with the text and the topic of the electronic work.