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Also Known As	Timgad

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Thamugadi, Algeria

Stone ruins and columns of the ancient Roman city of Thamugadi, also known as Timgad, with a large triumphal arch in the center and distant buildings in northeastern Algeria.

ancient Roman city of Thamugadi

Roman ruins of the main street and the west gate, or triumphal arch, Thamugadi, Alg.

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Algeria

country, Africa

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