Eles (also transliterated as Ellès and Al Las) is a village in the Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. It is located around , about 13 km northwest of MaktarEles, Tunisia at itouchmap.comEles, Tunisia at citymap.com in Siliana Governorate.Eles, Tunisia at mapmondo.org.
Eles, Tunisia sits over a natural spring at the base of the surrounding hills.
The village is notable for the large number of dolmens found immediately to the west, thought to be from around 2500 BC. BC.Belmonte, J. A. Esteban, C. and Jiménez González, J. J. (1998). «Pre-Roman Tombs of Africa Proconsularis»: S7–S24Harbi-Riahi, M. Gragueb, A. Camps, G. M'Timet, A. Zoughlami, J. (1985). Atlas Préhistorique de la Tunisie (8 Maktar) Institut National d'Archéologie et d'Art de Tunis and École Français de Rome [S.l.] south and east of the village which are typical of the tombs found around Maktar.Harbi-Riahi et al. 1985:19 A study of fifty-three of the dolmens by Belmonte, Esteban and Jiménez GonzálezBelmonte et al. 1998 suggest that some of these tombs may be orientated towards Alpha Centauri. In contrast HoskinHoskin 2001:206-8 argues that Tunisian dolmen orientations can be explained by the local topography, in that the entrances all face downhill.
The local rock strata are geologically interesting as they provide a particularly good record of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary,Coccioni and Marsilia 2007 which is now better known as the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
During the Roman Empire and late antiquity there was a civitas (Roman town) called Ululi.Titular Episcopal See of Ululi, at GCatholic.org.Ululensis at catholic-hierarchy.org.
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