Originally named Tamuda, meaning Marsh in Berber, Tamuda is the most important archaeological site in the Tetouan region. Discovered in 1922, the site is an ancient urban nucleus of the valley of Oued Martil. Spread over 5 hectares, the site has been developed by the construction of a trail, a conservation area, a ticket office and a laboratory. This Mauritian punic city, founded in the second century BC, was completely destroyed in the first century AD during a war between two kings of Mauritania. Tamuda was rebuilt before being definitively destroyed in the 40's A.D. after the war of Aedemon, former devoted slave of Ptolemy, son of King Juba II and Princess Cleopatra VIII, who led the revolt to avenge the assassination of Ptolemy in Rome.