More excavations to be conducted at archeological site

A Moroccan-British archeology team will conduct more excavations at the Volubilis archeological site, an ancient Roman city.

Supervised by Morocco's National Institute of Archeology and Patrimony and the London College, the search, which started last September, has so far covered three different zones of the site and will be extended to the southwestern and western areas of the Roman city.

Archeologists will also develop a management program for the site and its immediate surroundings, and use the Geographic Information system to process data.

Volubilis was a Roman settlement constructed on what was a Carthaginian city, dating from 3rd century BC. Volubilis was a central administrative city for this part of Roman Africa, responsible for the grain producing in this fertile region, and exports to Rome. Volubilis was also administering contacts with the local Berber tribes.