Helped by some $20 billion in foreign investments, Tunisia is working on a metamorphosis of both capital and country. The government in Tunis hopes that diversification will be the key to launching the land of former Carthage into the 21st century. What Cleopatra and the Pyramids are to Egypt, Hannibal and Carthage are to Tunisia. Anything from hotels, restaurants and pharmacists to car rental companies and power plants are named after the general, his family, and the legendary city-state that some 2,500 years ago ruled the western Mediterranean. Carthage still exists, both as a up-market coastal suburb of capital Tunis and as a symbol of former glory. As Tunisia attempts to once again become a gateway between Europe, North Africa and the Arab world, it hopes to revive at least that aspect of ancient Carthage. It has been considerably helped in realizing its dream by some $20 billion worth of
