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  • Cyrene. Libya. General view of the one room sculpture museum at Cyrene.  Dominating the scene is the Sphinx on top of a column with Ionic capital. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. Although the museum is only one room its collection rivals any museum and it contains many great examples of the richness of Cyrene and marble finery that once adorned its ancient buildings. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_008.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View inside one of the spacious tombs. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_169.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.  Some of the tombs which were quite spacious still contain traces of their distinctive Greek and Hellenistic facades. Unfortunately every visible tomb or sarcophagi has been robed and damaged either in Byzantine or early Islamic times. The Necropolis of Cyrene is one of the most extensive cemeteries in the ancient world and gives the most vivid impression of Cyrene’s Greek Heritage.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_154.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a Sphinx on top of a column with Ionic capital. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. A similar copy of the statue is also found in Delphi Museum, Greece. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_010.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. A decorative Greek inscribed stone tablet or dedication found in the courtyard of the Cyrene sculpture museum which is adorned with many marble sculptures and architectural remains from the ancient city. Although the museum is only one room its collection rivals any museum and it contains many great examples of the richness of Cyrene and marble finery that once adorned its ancient buildings
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_007.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  Partial overview of the vast ancient city of Cyrene. In the middle foreground are the 5th century AD ruins of the House of Hesychius. Hesychius was a Christian who was president of the provincial; council of Cyrenaica. Behind the House of Hesychius in the background is the Agora, the heart of ancient Cyrene and which bear many fine architectural legacies from Greek and Roman times.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_092.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the Frigidarium or cold room with elegant cipolin marble columns and mosaic floor at the baths of Trajan. The baths were originally built by Emperor Trajan in AD 98 and then restored by Emperor Hadrian in AD 119 after the Jewish revolt of AD 115. The Sanctuary is beautifully situated 600 meters high, overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and 13 km inland from the Mediterranean. It is where Cyrene was first established by the Greeks and it has within it a rich collection of temples, altars, fountains, theatre, Roman-period baths and a Doric monumental entrance.  Cyrene which a UNESCO World Heritage site was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_028.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a Sphinx on top of a column with Ionic capital. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. A similar copy of the statue is also found in Delphi Museum, Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_014.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cyrene. Libya. View of the Gymnasium / Forum which was originally built by the Greeks in the 2nd century BC as a sports centre and was the scene of races and other sporting contests. It is surrounded on all four sides by a grandiose Doric colonnaded portico and in its centre it has the remains of a small temple. It was converted in the 1st century AD by the Romans into a forum or caesareum – Forum of the Caesars- and it became a place for informal assembly and discussion.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_053.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the semi circular Fountain of Cyrene or Nymphaeum, which has the 4th century BC column of Pratomedes in its centre and had marble lions on either side.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_010.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of the fingers and toes from the statue of Zeus that once adorned the platform inside the Temple of Zeus at Cyrene. The Colossal seated statue of Zeus was twelve times life size and modelled on the famous Statue of Zeus at Olympia Greece which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_057.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of the fingers and toes from the statue of Zeus that once adorned the platform inside the Temple of Zeus at Cyrene. The Colossal seated statue of Zeus was twelve times life size and modelled on the famous Statue of Zeus at Olympia Greece which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_055.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of the beautiful sculpture known as the Three Graces. The sculpture is a representation of the three daughters of Zeus known as three charites, Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia - who were said to represent beauty, charm and joy. This Roman example dates from the time of Hadrian and was found in the Baths of Trajan. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_041.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a Sphinx on top of a column with Ionic capital. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. A similar copy of the statue is also found in Delphi Museum, Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_016.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Image of the plaque designating Cyrene a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_173.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a Sphinx on top of a column with Ionic capital. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. A similar copy of the statue is also found in Delphi Museum, Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_012.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.  Some of the tombs which were quite spacious still contain traces of their distinctive Greek and Hellenistic facades.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_159.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the remaining columns of the Doric style Temple of Demeter which is outside the city walls. The woman of Cyrene proceeded to the temple from the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore during women-only annual celebrations.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_141.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a intricate marble relief.  Although the museum is only one room its collection rivals any museum and it contains many great examples of the richness of Cyrene and marble finery that once adorned its ancient buildings
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_064.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the circular sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone (Kore) with marble figures that depict the deities and their followers. Demeter is the Goddess of grain and Kore is her daughter. The Sanctuary was the scene of a riotous women only annual celebration. In Cyrene, the economy heavily depended on the production of grain.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_120.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of some of the beautiful marble finery that once adorned its ancient buildings. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_044.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Image of the Temple of Zeus which dates originally from the 5th century BC and its size is comparable to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.  Constructed in an archaic Doric style using local yellow limestone, the temple was destroyed in the AD 115 during the Jewish revolt and then rebuilt in AD120 by the Roman Emperor Hadrian. The 365 AD earthquake reduced it to rubble and it has been painstakingly restored by archaeologists. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Santorini around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_001.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_164.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_160.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  View of the remains of the Roman civil Basilica or Law court which is built on the spot of previously occupied buildings used for sporting activities. Beside the basilica is the grandiose portico that surrounds the former 2nd century BC Hellenistic Gymnasium that was converted in the 1st century AD by the Romans into a forum or caesareum – Forum of the Caesars.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_065.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of the beautiful sculpture known as the Three Graces. The sculpture is a representation of the three daughters of Zeus known as three charites, Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia - who were said to represent beauty, charm and joy. This Roman example dates from the time of Hadrian and was found in the Baths of Trajan. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_039.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a Sphinx on top of a column with Ionic capital. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. A similar copy of the statue is also found in Delphi Museum, Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_017.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. One of the Greek inscribed stone tablets found the courtyard of the Cyrene sculpture museum which is adorned with many marble sculptures and architectural remains from the ancient city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_004.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  View of possible site of the Tomb of Battus who was the founder and first king of Cyrene. Located behind the naval monument in the Agora, there remains some disagreement with archaeologists on whether this is the actual site of the tomb. What is agreed is that Battus had the honour of being buried within the principle square of the Agora, the heart of the Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_110.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of a large colourful mosaic.  Although the museum is only one room its collection rivals any museum and it contains many great examples of the richness of Cyrene and marble finery that once adorned its ancient buildings.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_058.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of some of the beautiful marble finery that once adorned its ancient buildings. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_043.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of a fine marble sculpture of the Goddess Demeter. Dating form the Hellenistic period, the figure was sculpted by two different artists, one created the body and the other created the head. Although the museum is only one room its collection rivals any museum and it contains many great examples of the richness of Cyrene and marble finery that once adorned its ancient buildings.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_034.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a Sphinx on top of a column with Ionic capital. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. A similar copy of the statue is also found in Delphi Museum, Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_018.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Image of the front and North side of the Temple of Zeus which like most Greek Temples always faced east. The Temple dates originally from the 5th century BC and is comparable in size to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.  Constructed in an archaic Doric style using local yellow limestone, the temple was destroyed in the AD 115 during the Jewish revolt and then rebuilt in AD120 by the Roman Emperor Hadrian. The 365 AD earthquake reduced it to rubble and it has been painstakingly restored by archaeologists. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Santorini around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_010.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the head of the Sphinx at the museum. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. A similar copy of the statue is also found in Delphi Museum, Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_019.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a Sphinx on top of a column with Ionic capital. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. A similar copy of the statue is also found in Delphi Museum, Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_013.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. One of the Greek inscribed stone tablets found the courtyard of the Cyrene sculpture museum which is adorned with many marble sculptures and architectural remains from the ancient city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_002.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the remaining columns of the Doric style Temple of Demeter which is outside the city walls. The woman of Cyrene proceeded to the temple from the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore during women-only annual celebrations.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_143.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of the fingers and toes from the statue of Zeus that once adorned the platform inside the Temple of Zeus at Cyrene. The Colossal seated statue of Zeus was twelve times life size and modelled on the famous Statue of Zeus at Olympia Greece which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_054.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a Sphinx on top of a column with Ionic capital. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. A similar copy of the statue is also found in Delphi Museum, Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_015.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_166.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Cyrene. Libya. View of the Gymnasium / Forum which was originally built by the Greeks in the 2nd century BC as a sports centre and was the scene of races and other sporting contests. It is surrounded on all four sides by a grandiose Doric colonnaded portico and in its centre it has the remains of a small temple. It was converted in the 1st century AD by the Romans into a forum or caesareum – Forum of the Caesars- and it became a place for informal assembly and discussion.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_056.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Image of the interior Temple of Zeus and the platform that supported the colossal seated statue of Zeus that was modelled on the famous Zeus statue at Olympia Greece. The Temple dates originally from the 5th century BC and is comparable in size to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_014.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of a stone tablet dating from around the late 3rd century. Inscribed in Greek, the tablet has an instruction from Roman Emperor Claudius Gothicus to the Governor of Egypt to re-establish Cyrene with the new name of Claudiopolis.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_062.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Overview of the Sanctuary of Apollo which is dominated by the Temple of Apollo. The sanctuary is beautifully situated 600 meters high, overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and 13 km inland from the Mediterranean. It is where Cyrene was first established by the Greeks and it has within it a rich collection of temples, altars, fountains, theatre, Roman-period baths and a Doric monumental entrance.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_003.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of the fingers and toes from the statue of Zeus that once adorned the platform inside the Temple of Zeus at Cyrene. The Colossal seated statue of Zeus was twelve times life size and modelled on the famous Statue of Zeus at Olympia Greece which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_056.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a marble statue of Alexander the Great.  This Roman example dates from the time of Hadrian and was found in the Baths of Trajan. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_025.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of some of the beautiful marble finery that once adorned its ancient buildings.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_050.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. The colonnaded main entrance to the Gymnasium / Forum which dates from 2nd century BC. Surrounded on all four sides by an elegant Doric colonnaded portico, the Gymnasium / Forum was originally built by the Greeks as a sports centre and was the scene of races and other sporting contests. It was converted in the 1st century AD by the Romans into a forum or caesareum – Forum of the Caesars and it became a place for informal assembly and discussion.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_059.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of a limbless marble sculpture and other marble remains inside one of the spacious tombs. Cut into a cliff faces overlooking the Green Mountain plateau and all around Cyrene are thousands of tombs and individual sarcophagi that were built and used from the 6th century BC by the Greeks, then added to by the Romans and Byzantines up to the 6th century AD.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_170.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the front of Temple of Zeus which like most Greek Temples always faced east. The Temple dates originally from the 5th century BC and is comparable in size to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_008.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Close up view at the sculpture museum of the delicate crafted detail found on the outside of a marble sarcophagi either from the Greek or Roman period.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_066.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Part view of the Temple of Zeus which dates originally from the 5th century BC and its size is comparable to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_034.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  Dolphin sculpture, part of the Naval Monument which stands opposite the Captiolium in the Agora was originally built by the Ptolemies in the 3rd century BC in celebration of a naval victory won by the Cyreneans. This reconstructed monument is in the form of a prow of trireme and features a beautifully sculptured marble wingless and now headless Victory standing on the prow of the ship, flanked by two dolphins and holding the tritons of Neptune.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_114.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Partial view of the Doric colonnade portico of the Gymnasium / Forum. The Gymnasium / Forum was originally built by the Greeks in the 2nd century BC as a sports centre and was the scene of races and other sporting contests. It is surrounded on all four sides by a grandiose Doric colonnaded portico and in its centre it has the remains of a small temple. It was converted in the 1st century AD by the Romans into a forum or caesareum – Forum of the Caesars- and it became a place for informal assembly and discussion.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_073.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Close up of the detail of marble eagle claws. The sculpture is one of the legs that formed a table or basin in front of the monumental Greek Propylea.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_036.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the Frigidarium or cold room with itselegant cipolin marble columns at the baths of Trajan at north eastern corner of the Sanctuary terrace. The baths were originally built by Emperor Trajan in AD 98 and then restored by Emperor Hadrian in AD 119 after the Jewish revolt of AD 115.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_032.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  View at the Sanctuary of Apollo of the Temple of Apollo which incorporates the remains of three successive buildings. The original Temple was built during the 6th century and then rebuilt again in the 4th century BC. The third and last restoration of the temple took place after the Jewish revolt in AD 115-117 and what seen now is a Roman building in the Greek Doric style temple without the typically fluted columns of Greek Temples.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_013.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the ancient Greek stone inscription at the Sanctuary of Apollo
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_012.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of a large colourful mosaic from the House of Jason Magnus. The house was the private residence of Claudius Tiberius Jason Magnus, high priest of the Temple of Apollo in the 2nd century AD. .
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_059.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Partial view of the Doric colonnade portico of the Gymnasium / Forum. The Gymnasium / Forum was originally built by the Greeks in the 2nd century BC as a sports centre and was the scene of races and other sporting contests. It is surrounded on all four sides by a grandiose Doric colonnaded portico and in its centre it has the remains of a small temple. It was converted in the 1st century AD by the Romans into a forum or caesareum – Forum of the Caesars- and it became a place for informal assembly and discussion.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_071.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Partial view of the Doric colonnade portico of the Gymnasium / Forum. The Gymnasium / Forum was originally built by the Greeks in the 2nd century BC as a sports centre and was the scene of races and other sporting contests. It is surrounded on all four sides by a grandiose Doric colonnaded portico and in its centre it has the remains of a small temple.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_057.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Image of the south side of the Temple of Zeus which dates originally from the 5th century BC and its size is comparable to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_025.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Image of the Temple of Zeus which dates originally from the 5th century BC and its size is comparable to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_017.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the front of Temple of Zeus which like most Greek Temples always faced east. The Temple dates originally from the 5th century BC and is comparable in size to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_007.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the Odeon or Theatre which lies outside the west wall of the Forum.  It is of typical Roman form with five vaulted corridors giving access to the cavea from the outer semicircular corridor. The back wall of the stage is well preserved, although it has been stripped of its marble columns, some of which are lying in ruins in the orchestra area.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_089.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Close up view at the sculpture museum of a sarcophagi with lid from either the Greek or Roman period. The delicate crafted detail found on the outside indicates that the person must have had come from a wealthy family.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_069.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of tombstones of warriors. The middle one dates from around the 5th century BC and was in the Capitoleum outside the Agora southern wall.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_063.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of some of the beautiful marble finery that once adorned its ancient buildings.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_045.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Partial view of the front of the Temple of Zeus with ancient Greek inscriptions on the architrave. The Temple dates originally from the 5th century BC and is comparable in size to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_011.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Image of the Temple of Zeus which dates originally from the 5th century BC and its size is comparable to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_002.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  View within the circular sanctuary of Demeter and Kore of one of marble figures that depict the deities and their followers. Demeter is the Goddess of grain and Kore is her daughter. The Sanctuary was the scene of a riotous women only annual celebration
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_123.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya.  View of the detail of one of the coloured marble mosaic inlays from the south courtyard of the House of Jason Magnus. The house was the private residence of Claudius Tiberius Jason Magnus, high priest of the Temple of Apollo in the 2nd century AD.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_096.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the Odeon or Theatre which lies outside the west wall of the Forum.  It is of typical Roman form with five vaulted corridors giving access to the cavea from the outer semicircular corridor. The back wall of the stage is well preserved, although it has been stripped of its marble columns, some of which are lying in ruins in the orchestra area.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_090.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the small Roman theatre probably used for musicals that sits opposite the forum. Stripped of its upper walls and its stage fittings the theatre dates from around the second or early third century AD and it may have been built to replace the old Greek theatre on the Sanctuary terrace which was converted into an Amphitheatre at the same period.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_078.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the Greek theatre / Roman Amphitheatre situated at the western end of the Sanctuary of Apollo terrace.  Built by the Greeks in the 6th century BC, the theatre was brilliantly constructed by using the breathtaking landscape as part of the scene backdrop and carving seats into the cliff. The theatre was converted by the Romans in the 2nd century AD into an amphitheatre and was used for gladiatorial combats and spectacles involving the use of wild animals.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_023.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Corner view of the South West (Rear) side of the Temple of Zeus which dates originally from the 5th century BC and its size is comparable to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_048.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Image of the Temple of Zeus which dates originally from the 5th century BC and its size is comparable to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_026.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the Latin stone inscription honouring Hadrian at Frigidarium or cold room at the baths of Trajan. The baths were originally built by Emperor Trajan in AD 98 and then restored by Emperor Hadrian in AD 119 after the Jewish revolt of AD 115.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_034.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the Frigidarium or cold room with its cold plunge bath and elegant cipolin marble columns at the baths of Trajan at north eastern corner of the Sanctuary terrace. The baths were originally built by Emperor Trajan in AD 98 and then restored by Emperor Hadrian in AD 119 after the Jewish revolt of AD 115.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_030.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Close up view at the sculpture museum of the delicate crafted detail found on the outside of a marble sarcophagi either from the Greek or Roman period.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_068.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of some of the beautiful marble finery that once adorned its ancient buildings.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_048.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of funerary statues representing Persephone -the Goddess of the underworld. The sculptures dating from the 5th century BC and were found near tombs either in niches or on bases.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_031.tif
  • The famous Aphrodite (Venus) of Cyrene, dated to 130 AD, a Roman copy of a Hellenistic masterpiece. The sculpture represents the goddess Aphrodite famously rising from the Sea (Anadyomene). It is believed to have been looted or destroyed sometime during the last 10 years.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_020.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Close up view of ancient Greek inscription on the front architrave of the Temple of Zeus. The Temple dates originally from the 5th century BC and is comparable in size to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
    Libya_Cyrene_Zeus_Temple_012.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Image of the front and South side of the Temple of Zeus which like most Greek Temples always faced east. The Temple dates originally from the 5th century BC and is comparable in size to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.  Constructed in an archaic Doric style using local yellow limestone, the temple was destroyed in the AD 115 during the Jewish revolt and then rebuilt in AD120 by the Roman Emperor Hadrian. The 365 AD earthquake reduced it to rubble and it has been painstakingly restored by archaeologists.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the South West (Rear) side of the Temple of Zeus which dates originally from the 5th century BC and its size is comparable to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of an excavated theatre near the Temple of Demeter outside the south walls of the ancient city.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the remains of the Western Stoa which originally was a barn-like building with a ridged roof supported on a row of five central columns.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. Well preserved female figure draped with finely sculpted marble in the courtyard of the House of Jason Magnus. The house was the private residence of Claudius Tiberius Jason Magnus, high priest of the Temple of Apollo in the 2nd century AD.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. Close of the representation of  Winter on the the four seasons mosaic, now kept undercover, which has the seasons depicted in its corners and spiral design culminating in a central panel depicting Amphitrite on a sea horse. The house was the private residence of Claudius Tiberius Jason Magnus, high priest of the Temple of Apollo in the 2nd century AD.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the Odeon or Theatre which lies outside the west wall of the Forum.  It is of typical Roman form with five vaulted corridors giving access to the cavea from the outer semicircular corridor. The back wall of the stage is well preserved, although it has been stripped of its marble columns, some of which are lying in ruins in the orchestra area.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the small Roman theatre probably used for musicals that sits opposite the forum. Stripped of its upper walls and its stage fittings the theatre dates from around the second or early third century AD and it may have been built to replace the old Greek theatre on the Sanctuary terrace which was converted into an Amphitheatre at the same period.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. Partial view of the Doric colonnade portico of the Gymnasium / Forum. The Gymnasium / Forum was originally built by the Greeks in the 2nd century BC as a sports centre and was the scene of races and other sporting contests. It is surrounded on all four sides by a grandiose Doric colonnaded portico and in its centre it has the remains of a small temple. It was converted in the 1st century AD by the Romans into a forum or caesareum – Forum of the Caesars- and it became a place for informal assembly and discussion.
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  • Cyrene. Libya.  View of a inscribed marble base with Latin and Greek honouring Emperor Hadrian in the apse of the Roman civil Basilica or Law court.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. Overview of the Sanctuary of Apollo which is dominated by the Temple of Apollo
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a Gorgon sculpture.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the museum of the beautiful sculpture known as the Three Graces. The sculpture is a representation of the three daughters of Zeus known as three charites, Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia - who were said to represent beauty, charm and joy. This Roman example dates from the time of Hadrian and was found in the Baths of Trajan.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the interior Temple of Zeus and the platform that supported the colossal seated statue of Zeus that was modelled on the famous Zeus statue at Olympia Greece. The Temple dates originally from the 5th century BC and is comparable in size to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View of the interior Temple of Zeus and the platform that supported the colossal seated statue of Zeus that was modelled on the famous Zeus statue at Olympia Greece. The Temple dates originally from the 5th century BC and is comparable in size to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.
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