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| Monday, October 19, 2009 |
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Cyrene, Libya |
| Cyrene was an ancient Greek colony in present-day Shahhat; Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times. More. Labels: lybia, roman empire, scholar |
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| Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
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Petrified Footprints Suggest Romans Used Children to Make the Lod Mosaic |
| Footprints left by the artists and workers who made the largest and most beautiful Roman-era mosaic in Israel 1,700 years ago have been discovered in the plaster underneath the mosaic. More. Labels: dig, lybia, mosaic, roman empire |
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Ancient Artisans' Footprints Discovered Beneath Lod Mosaic |
| The ancient footprints of the artisans who built a stunning 1,700-year-old mosaic floor in Lod were discovered recently, when conservators from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) were in the process of detaching the huge work of art from the ground. More. Labels: dig, lybia, mosaic, roman empire |
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The Old City of Lod |
| The ancient city of Lod dates back to the 5th millenium B.C. It was a center for Jewish scholars and trade from about the 5th century BC up until its conquest by the Romans. More. Labels: lybia, roman empire, scholar |
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1,700-year-old footprints discovered under Lod mosaic |
| The ancient footprints of the artisans who built a 1,700-year-old mosaic floor in the city of Lod was discovered recently by the Israel Antiquities Authority. More. Labels: dig, lybia, mosaic, roman empire |
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| Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
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Is Leptis Magna the Most Beautiful Roman City? |
| UNESCO describes Leptis Magna as “one of the most beautiful cities of the Roman Empire”. The ruins of the city, about 70 miles east of Tripoli on Libya's Mediterranean coast, were declared a World Heritage Site in 1982. More. Labels: lybia, roman empire, ruin |
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| Monday, September 28, 2009 |
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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania |
| The first publication of Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, which appeared in 1952, has long been out of print. Produced in post-war conditions, it only included illustrations of a few inscriptions, although very many of them had been photographed; and it only offered limited geographic information. More. Labels: lybia, roman empire, scholar |
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| Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
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Sabratha, Libya |
| Founded by the Phoenicians, Sabratha was one of three major Roman cities on the Libyan Coast. Along with Leptis Magna and Oea, otherwise known as modern Tripoli , sabratha was part of the Tripolitania, part of the Roman trade network of North Africa. Labels: lybia, roman empire |
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