Deux basiliques chrétiennes de Maurétanie Césarienne. Souk-el-Khemis (Galaxia ?) et Tarmount (Aras) et les vestiges chrétiens de la région

The author first identifies the ruins at Souk-el-Khemis with the site of Galaxia located on the route between Auxia and Equizeto. The city administration conducted excavations there in 1883 and discovered a basilica. It was known only from resumes of the original report. The rediscovery of the report in the archives of Cl. Poinssot has made it possible to publish the text and illustrations, but with necessary corrections of the very inexact plan. At Tarmount, ancient Aras, excavations were undertaken in 1935 and 1936 by an excellent specialist, P. Massiéra. However, his published report had no illustrations. The author tries to reconstruct the plan of a small basilica from the very precise written description. These are two important reflections of Christianization in a region where such evidence is rare, due to insufficient field research. [N. D., translated by D. Parrish]