Talk:Matmâta

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[edit] Spelling

Is it true that Matmata is also spelled Matamata? I was just there a few months ago and saw no local references to this alternative spelling. Could you cite a source for this? Acarvin 21:19, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Matmata

The English spelling doesn't really matter. The Tunisians would spell it with Arabic characters.

The 1967 discovery date seems erroneous. I visited Matmata with friends in December 1965 while living in Tunisia with the Peace Corps. The hotel was already there as pictured, complete with a bar serving Cokes. They were in a fridge but not cold since there was no electricity there then. Karrickjrd 03:56, 25 May 2007 (UTC)