Djebba

Djebba, also known as Thigibba Bure and Thigibba, is a town and an ancient archaeological site is located in Bājah, Tunisia. Djebba is an archaeological/prehistoric site in Tunisia located at latitude: 36°28'32.45" longitude: 9°4'53.54" in the Béja Governorate of northwestern Tunisia. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 355 metres located below the slopes of Djebel Gorra, 700 meters above sea level. Djebba also has a national park, which is the subject of a development project

Nearby towns include Sidi Bou Zacouma, Sainte-Marie and Djebel Goraa and El Aroussa, Djebel Touila. The ruins of another Roman civitas (town) of Thibaris are five kilometers to the north.

The site is 355 meters above sea level and in ancient times the town was located in the hills overlooking the fertile Bagrada River Valley, and may have been a civitas (town) in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis.

The name of the town (Thigibba Bure) was derived from a prior Roman town on the same site. During the Roman and Byzantine-era it was a civitas of Africa Proconsularis Province from 330 BC – 640 AD The town has numerous ruins, inscriptionTriumphal arch and an extensive necropolis excavated by the French. The site includes many megalithic tombs of pre-Punic construction and may indicate a Numidian royal city at one time. The commanding position overlooking the surrounding plains would make such a location ideal for this.

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