On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:35:17 +0100, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:35:40 +0000, Jon wrote:

Does anyone know what this thing is? It looks like a giant wooden corkscrew
and is inside the Ribat in Sousse, Tunisia.

http://herrhagen.net/pictures/sousse2/02.html

http://www.provenceweb.fr/83/centre-var/moulins/doc.htm

There is also an English translation I had not noticed.

http://www.provenceweb.fr/83/centre-...traditions.htm

I guess most of the readers of this newsgroup will prefer that one...