Exhibits
The Gafsa Museum has an extensive collection of prehistoric flint and stone tools as well as others fashioned out of bone. Objects depicting human and animal figures and paraphernalia suggesting spiritual life are also part of the museum collection. The museum houses not only artifacts from the city but also from the surrounding areas. One of the museum's most prized assets is a Capsian figurine dating back to 8000 BC, a proof that the place was peopled since the Neolithic Age.
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