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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of a stone block with an ancient Greek inscription carved into it along the once paved decumanus also known as monumental road which was the premier address of the ancient city. Founded in the 4th century BC, Ptolemais is located on the site of the port or harbour of Barca, an ancient 7th century BC Greek colony situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the steep slopes of the Cyrenaica plateau.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of a scene from the war of Troy detailed on a Sarcophagus in the museum. Dating from the 3rd century AD, the Sarcophagus was found in the Wadi Khamish, west of Ptolemias.  Founded in the 4th century BC, Ptolemais is located on the site of the port or harbour of Barca, an ancient 7th century BC Greek colony situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the steep slopes of the Cyrenaica plateau.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of a stone block with an ancient Greek inscription carved into it along the once paved decumanus also known as monumental road which was the premier address of the ancient city. Founded in the 4th century BC, Ptolemais is located on the site of the port or harbour of Barca, an ancient 7th century BC Greek colony situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the steep slopes of the Cyrenaica plateau.
    Libya_Ptolemais_092.tif
  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the many highly sophisticated architectural elements strewn around the vast archaeological site.  The blue waters of the Mediterranean are in the background. Founded in the 4th century BC, Ptolemais is located on the site of the port or harbour of Barca, an ancient 7th century BC Greek colony situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the steep slopes of the Cyrenaica plateau.
    Libya_Ptolemais_055.tif
  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of a sand stone block with an ancient Greek inscription carved into it along the once paved decumanus also known as monumental road which was the premier address of the ancient city. Founded in the 4th century BC, Ptolemais is located on the site of the port or harbour of Barca, an ancient 7th century BC Greek colony situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the steep slopes of the Cyrenaica plateau.
    Libya_Ptolemais_004.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the Apollonia Libyan / Mediterranean shoreline with rocks and stone blocks that once were part of the ancient city before the devastating earthquake of 365 AD which submerged a large part of the harbour town.
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  • Apollonia. Libya. View from Apollonia of Hammam Island which was connected to the mainland before the devastating earthquake of 365 AD which submerged a large part of the harbour.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the striking Medusa head mosaic in the museum. Dating from the 1st century BC, the mosaic comes from the Colonnaded Palace or Villa of Columns. Founded in the 4th century BC, Ptolemais is located on the site of the port or harbour of Barca, an ancient 7th century BC Greek colony situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the steep slopes of the Cyrenaica plateau.
    Libya_Ptolemais_101.tif
  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the striking Medusa head mosaic in the museum. Dating from the 1st century BC, the mosaic comes from the Colonnaded Palace or Villa of Columns. Founded in the 4th century BC, Ptolemais is located on the site of the port or harbour of Barca, an ancient 7th century BC Greek colony situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the steep slopes of the Cyrenaica plateau.
    Libya_Ptolemais_100.tif
  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of a stone block with an ancient Greek inscription carved into it along the once paved decumanus also known as monumental road which was the premier address of the ancient city. Founded in the 4th century BC, Ptolemais is located on the site of the port or harbour of Barca, an ancient 7th century BC Greek colony situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the steep slopes of the Cyrenaica plateau.
    Libya_Ptolemais_093.tif
  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the many highly sophisticated architectural elements strewn around the vast archaeological site.  The blue waters of the Mediterranean are in the background. Founded in the 4th century BC, Ptolemais is located on the site of the port or harbour of Barca, an ancient 7th century BC Greek colony situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the steep slopes of the Cyrenaica plateau.
    Libya_Ptolemais_054.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya. View of submerged ruins of Apollonia. In the background is Hammam Island which was connected to the mainland before the devastating earthquake of 365 AD which submerged a large part of the harbour.
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  • Apollonia. Libya. View of submerged ruins of Apollonia. In the background is Hammam Island which was connected to the mainland before the devastating earthquake of 365 AD which submerged a large part of the harbour.
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  • Apollonia. Libya. View from Apollonia of Hammam Island which was connected to the mainland before the devastating earthquake of 365 AD which submerged a large part of the harbour.
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  • Apollonia. Libya. View of the Roman baths at Apollonia which date from the 2nd century AD. It consisted of hot and cold rooms, a small plunge pool in its centre and a large open courtyard which acted as an exercise hall and was flanked by fluted Corinthian columns of local sandstone. In the background is the Libyan / Mediterranean Sea and Hammam Island which was connected to the mainland before the devastating earthquake of 365 AD which submerged a large part of the harbour.
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  • Apollonia. Libya. View of the Roman baths at Apollonia which date from the 2nd century AD. It consisted of hot and cold rooms, a small plunge pool in its centre and a large open courtyard which acted as an exercise hall and was flanked by fluted Corinthian columns of local sandstone. In the background is the Libyan / Mediterranean Sea and Hammam Island which was connected to the mainland before the devastating earthquake of 365 AD which submerged a large part of the harbour.
    Libya_Apollonia_017.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya. View of the Roman baths at Apollonia which date from the 2nd century AD. It consisted of hot and cold rooms, a small plunge pool in its centre and a large open courtyard which acted as an exercise hall and was flanked by fluted Corinthian columns of local sandstone. In the background is the Libyan / Mediterranean Sea and Hammam Island which was connected to the mainland before the devastating earthquake of 365 AD which submerged a large part of the harbour.
    Libya_Apollonia_016.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View to the left of the Casa di Diana which is located on the corner of Via dei Balconi and Via Dei Diana. Dating from the second half of the second century AD, the Casa di Diana, one of more affluent insula of the town, was originally multi-storey with taverns and shops on the ground level and spacious flats above, with its own latrine, balconies, cistern and pool in its court.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the central section of the courtyard of the Macellum or Market which sold meat. In its centre there is a rectangular basin and behind is the Podium which was supported by six marble columns set against it.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_118.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the main entrance Horrea Epagathiana, private warehouses dating from the middle of the 2nd century AD.  The main door is decorated by brick columns with capitals, an architrave (with the inscription) and a pediment. The inscribed marble plaque above the doors says the building was built by the merchants Epagatus and Epafroditus of Greek origin.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the marble altar of the Temple of Hercules Victor or Tempio di Ercole dating from the end of the 2nd century AD. It is the largest temple in the sacred area of three Republican temples. Its pronaos which originally had six columns leading to a cella, is paved in black and white mosaics and is reached by a flight of wide steps. The pronaos has marble altar in its centre donated by Hostlius Antipater in the 4th century and a marble statue of a naked resting male figure which is the an romanticized portrait  of C. Cartilius Poplicola, an prominent figure in Ostia in the first century BC.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of a marble statue of a naked resting male figure which is a romanticized portrait sculpture of C. Cartilius Poplicola, an prominent figure in Ostia in the first century BC. The statue is on the pronaos of the Temple of Hercules Victor or Tempio di Ercole dating from the end of the 2nd century AD and the largest temple in the sacred area of three Republican temples.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_051.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View of the 3rd century AD tabernae of the fishmongers which sold fresh fish and cooked fish. In its centre there is a well preserved marble sales counter, against the wall is a fish  basin and there traces of ovens which suggest fish was cooked here as well. The shop is located on a junction that would have been very busy in its time. Founded at the mouth of the Tiber 30 kilometres to the west of Rome, Ostia was the sea gateway and chief port of ancient Rome and its well preserved ruins endure in a beautiful park of Umbrella pines and cypresses.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View inside room 6 of the fascinating Thermopolium which was an ancient tavern or snack bar selling food and drinks. In view is a marble side table with three stepped shelves with a wall painting of fruit and vegetables above it. The intact Thermopolium dates from the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD).
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of one of the many abandoned buildings in the old village built by the Italians during their occupation of Libya. The building is on the pot holed road that leads to the Archaeological site of Ptolemais.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the central peristyle or two level galleried courtyard with a sunken swimming pool of the impressive Columned Palace or Villa of the Columns which occupied over 600 sq m. Originally dating from the 2nd century BC the building remains essentially Greek, even though the complex was remodelled over the course of time especially during the Roman period.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of restored columns at the Greek Agora / marketplace and which was later used as forum by the Romans. The two tall ionic columns in the rear of image belonged to a temple which may have been dedicated to the Capitoline Triad (Jupiter, Juni and Minerva). Below the Agora are reservoirs / cisterns that were originally built by the Greeks to store water that arrived via an aqueduct from mountain springs 25 kilometres away.
    Libya_Ptolemais_027.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of a building for storage of cinerary urns or columbarium with niches for urns. In the back wall is a large, central niche for urns. This dates from the 1st century AD and is located on the Via Delle Tombe in the Porta Romana necropolis.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_148.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the well preserved public latrine or forica at largest baths in Ostia, the Baths of the Forum. The latrine has 22 seats and was built in the 4th century AD. The baths or Terme del Foro were built in the third quarter of the second century AD and then restored in the 4th century.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View of a modern wall in which marble pediment fragments have been placed of the 1st century BC Temple of Roma and Augustus. This view is of the rear of the temple and it includes the statue of Victory to the left that may have adorned the ridge of the roof of the temple.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View from the forum of the Capitolium, the ancient town’s most important temple and dedicated to the main Roman deities, Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. Dominating the Forum and built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD), the prostyle hexastyle building pronaos is reached by a wide flight of steps which had six fluted white marble columns which provided an entrance to the rectangular cells.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View of a modern wall in which marble pediment fragments have been placed of the 1st century BC Temple of Roma and Augustus. This view is of the rear of the temple and it includes the statue of Victory to the left that may have adorned the ridge of the roof of the temple.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_125.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View along the lower Decumanus Maximus heading north away from the Porta Sea towards the centre of the city.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the ruins of the Christian Basilica which dates from the end of the 4th century AD. The basilica is long and narrow and consists of two parallel aisles, dived by a colonnaded and terminating in apses.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the monumental entrance to the Schola del Traiano or Schola of Trajan. Dating from the 2nd century AD, the vast complex was the seat or headquarters of a corporation of shipbuilders or naval smiths.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of room D of the House of the Nymphaeum which dates to 325-350AD. The floor of room D is decorated with polychrome opus sectile of high quality. .
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the fine black and white mosaic floor of the Hall of the Mesores (grain measures). The mosaic dates form the 3rd century AD and is depicting grain measurers (mensores frumentarii) at work. Little else is left of the rectangular building that surrounded the mosaic.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the large circular central hall of the Baths of Seven Sages or Terme dei Sette Sapienti , so called from the room with paintings of the "seven Greek sages". The circular hall which was once domed is paved with black-and-white mosaic, 12 metres in diameter, depicting hunting scenes.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. Elevated view of the ruined buidlings surrounding the Baths of Seven Sages or Terme dei Sette Sapienti , so called from the room with paintings of the "seven Greek sages".
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the fine black and white mosaic floor of the Hall of the Mesores (grain measures). The mosaic dates form the 3rd century AD and is depicting grain measurers (mensores frumentarii) at work. Little else is left of the rectangular building that surrounded the mosaic.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_086.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of a marble statue of a naked resting male figure which is a romanticized portrait sculpture of C. Cartilius Poplicola a prominent figure in Ostia in the first century BC. The statue is on the pronaos of the Temple of Hercules Victor or Tempio di Ercole dating from the end of the 2nd century AD and the largest temple in the sacred area of three Republican temples.  In the background are the ruins of a Republican tetrastyle Temple from the same date, possibly dedicated to Aesculapius and Hygieia, deities of health.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_055.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of a marble statue of a naked resting male figure which is a romanticized portrait sculpture of C. Cartilius Poplicola a prominent figure in Ostia in the first century BC. The statue is on the pronaos of the Temple of Hercules Victor or Tempio di Ercole dating from the end of the 2nd century AD and the largest temple in the sacred area of three Republican temples.  In the background are the ruins of a Republican tetrastyle Temple from the same date, possibly dedicated to Aesculapius and Hygieia, deities of health.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_053.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. Part view of the Baths of Neptune or Terme di Nettuno dating from the time of Emperors Hadrian (117-138 AD) and Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). In view on the right is the large palaestra, an open area that was used for athletic exercises. To the left are ruins of shops and further left is the Decumanus Maximus, paved with ancient basalt stones.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View along the upper Decumano Massimo or Decumanus Maximus, paved with ancient basalt stone. It is the main street of Ostia which runs through the city for over a kilometre and was the continuation of the road that led from Rome to Ostia.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_018.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the colossal statue of winged Victory representing Minerva, goddess of town freedom. Inspired by a Hellenistic original, the sculpture dates from the end of the 1st century AD and originally adorned the town gate.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the Fontana con Lucerna, a marble fountain and a decorative feature of the western Decumanus.  The fountains basin has a small column, the top of which mimics an oil lamp picks, with seven water spouts.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_011.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View of a section of an ornate marble sarcophagus with has three intricate human figure scenes separated by columns. The sarcophagus is located beside the site museum.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the beautiful Four seasons mosaic in the Museum. The mosaic dates from the 2nd century AD and was found in the Villa of the fours seasons in the ancient city.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of an ornate column capital abandoned on the vast archaeological site.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of a sand stone block with an ancient Greek inscription carved into it along the once paved decumanus also known as monumental road which was the premier address of the ancient city.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the ruins of the once paved decumanus also known as monumental road which was the premier address of the ancient city. In its hay day it would have been lined with blue and grey granite and marble colonnaded arched porticos running either side along its length.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the ruins of the once paved decumanus also known as monumental road which was the premier address of the ancient city. In its hay day it would have been lined with blue and grey granite and marble colonnaded arched porticos running either side along its length.
    Libya_Ptolemais_073.tif
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View along the second cardo which was one of the two north-south roads of the ancient city. The blue waters of the Mediterranean are in the background.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. Close-up view of one of the many thousands of pottery fragments that are strewn around the vast archaeological site.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the columns and ruins of the impressive Columned Palace or Villa of the Columns which occupied over 600 sq m and included a central peristyle or two level galleried courtyard with a sunken swimming pool. Originally dating from the 2nd century BC the building remains essentially Greek, even though the complex was remodelled over the course of time especially during the Roman period.
    Libya_Ptolemais_046.tif
  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. General view of the Greek Agora which was used a forum by the Romans. The two tall ionic columns still standing belonged to a temple which may have been dedicated to the Capitoline Triad (Jupiter, Juni and Minerva). Below the Agora are reservoirs / cisterns that were originally built by the Greeks to store water that arrived via an aqueduct from mountain springs 25 kilometres away.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the Odeon, which was a mini theatre or bouleuterion dating from the Hellenistic era and originally used to stage Greek musicals and dancing and conduct council meetings. The Romans remodelled it during the 3rd century AD into an aquatic theatre and swimming pool in water entertainments such as mock sea battles were performed.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the columned ruins of Roman Villa of the Four Seasons which dates from the 4th century AD. The beautiful Four Season mosaic in the museum was found here.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the columned ruins of Roman Villa of the Four Seasons which dates from the 4th century AD. The beautiful Four Season mosaic in the museum was found here.
    Libya_Ptolemais_014.tif
  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of one of the well built and preserved cisterns that are located below the Greek agora. The reservoirs / cisterns were originally built by the Greeks to store water that arrived via an aqueduct from mountain springs 25 kilometres away. The cisterns ceiling height were later raised by the Romans and they were once the largest in North Africa. There are eight 50 metre long chambers running north-south and nine 20 metre long chambers running east-west.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the many highly sophisticated architectural elements strewn around the vast archaeological site.  The blue waters of the Mediterranean are in the background.
    Libya_Ptolemais_003.tif
  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of restored columns at the Greek Agora / marketplace and which was later used as forum by the Romans. The two tall ionic columns in the rear of image belonged to a temple which may have been dedicated to the Capitoline Triad (Jupiter, Juni and Minerva). Below the Agora are reservoirs / cisterns that were originally built by the Greeks to store water that arrived via an aqueduct from mountain springs 25 kilometres away.
    Libya_Ptolemais_001.tif
  • Apollonia. Libya. Clothed Libyan boys splashing, swimming and waving in the waters of the Libyan / Mediterranean on the sandy beach at Apollonia.
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  • Apollonia. Libya. Libyans splashing and swimming in the waters of the Libyan / Mediterranean on the sandy beach at Apollonia.
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  • Apollonia. Libya.  Close-up view of rock cut seats of the Greek Theatre of Apollonia which lies just outside the eastern walls facing the Libyan / Mediterranean Sea.  Dating from the Hellenistic period, the theatre was remoulded under the Emperor Domitian (AD 92-96) and is considered the best preserved theatre auditorium in Cyrenaica. The theatres cavea remains unchanged from its original construction and still has its twenty eight rock cut tiers of seats.
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  • Apollonia. Libya.  Close-up view of rock cut seats of the Greek Theatre of Apollonia which lies just outside the eastern walls facing the Libyan / Mediterranean Sea.  Dating from the Hellenistic period, the theatre was remoulded under the Emperor Domitian (AD 92-96) and is considered the best preserved theatre auditorium in Cyrenaica. The theatres cavea remains unchanged from its original construction and still has its twenty eight rock cut tiers of seats.
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  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the impressive central courtyard of the Byzantine Duke Palace with two of its remaining stone arches that once surrounded the courtyard on three sides. The Byzantine Duke Palace was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica with its western wing being the main domain and containing ceremonial rooms of the Duke or Governor and his family in the 6th century AD when Apollonia was a provincial capital. The Eastern wing had 83 rooms used as quarters for soldiers and servants.
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  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of ruins of the Byzantine Duke Palace which was one of the largest palaces in Cyrenaica. In the middle is the impressive central courtyard of the Byzantine Duke Palace with two of its remaining stone arches that once surrounded the courtyard on three sides. Its western wing was the main domain and contained ceremonial rooms of the Duke or Governor and his family in the 6th century AD when Apollonia was a provincial capital. The eastern wing had 83 rooms used as quarters for soldiers and servants.
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  • Apollonia. Libya.  View at the Central church or Basilica of a white marble basin used for baptising small children.  Located approximately 20 kilometres from the magnificent Greek city of Cyrene.
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  • Apollonia. Libya.  View at the Central church or Basilica of a white marble basin used for baptising small children.  Located approximately 20 kilometres from the magnificent Greek city of Cyrene.
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  • Apollonia. Libya.  Close-up view of a Byzantine cross that adorns the white marble columns of the Central church or Basilica of Apollonia.  Located approximately 20 kilometres from the magnificent Greek city of Cyrene,
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  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the sun setting over the Libyan / Mediterranean Sea from the modern town of Susa which is the gateway to the ancient port city of Apollonia. Susa was founded in 1897 as a colony of Moslem refugees from the Greek island of Crete.
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  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the Central church or Basilica of Apollonia. The Basilica main sanctuary is flanked with columns of white marble adorned with Byzantine crosses.
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  • Apollonia. Libya.  View of the Greek Theatre of Apollonia which lies just outside the eastern walls facing the Libyan / Mediterranean Sea.  Dating from the Hellenistic period, the theatre was remoulded under the Emperor Domitian (AD 92-96) and is considered the best preserved theatre auditorium in Cyrenaica. The theatres cavea remains unchanged from its original construction and still has its twenty eight rock cut tiers of seats.
    Libya_Apollonia_002.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of a building for storage of cinerary urns or columbarium with niches for urns. In the back wall is a large, central niche for urns. This dates from the 1st century AD and is located on the Via Delle Tombe in the Porta Romana necropolis.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_149.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View along the upper Decumano Massimo or Decumanus Maximus, paved with ancient basalt stone. It is the main street of Ostia which runs through the city for over a kilometre and was the continuation of the road that led from Rome to Ostia.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_145.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View along the upper Decumano Massimo or Decumanus Maximus, paved with ancient basalt stone. It is the main street of Ostia which runs through the city for over a kilometre and was the continuation of the road that led from Rome to Ostia.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_146.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View along the basalt stone paved Decumanus Maximus towards the Roman theatre, built by Agrippa in the late first century AD and enlarged by Septimius Severus in the 2nd century AD. Originally there were three tiers of seats and accommodated up to 4000 people.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View of the rear courtyard with fountain of the Thermopolium which was an ancient snack bar selling food and drinks. The courtyard was furnished with tables to eat outside on sunny days.  The fascinating and intact Thermopolium dates from the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD).
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View inside room 6 of the fascinating Thermopolium which was an ancient tavern or snack bar selling food and drinks. In view is a marble side table with three stepped shelves with a wall painting of fruit and vegetables above it. To the left is a marble bar counter, with a water basin in the lower part of both sides. The intact Thermopolium dates from the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD).
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_143.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View of the rear courtyard with fountain of the Thermopolium which was an ancient snack bar selling food and drinks. The courtyard was furnished with tables to eat outside on sunny days.  The fascinating and intact Thermopolium dates from the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD).
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. Rear view of the stately entrance to the House of the Porch, which consists of columns supporting an elegant tympanum.  The Domus del Protiro was built in the 4th century AD on a pre-existing structure.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the central courtyard and main hall of House of the Porch or The Domus del Protiro, built in the 4th century AD on a pre-existing structure. In the foreground is the central courtyard which has double nymphaeum, facing west and east and a basin in its centre. In the background is the main hall which was paved with mosaics .Below the courtyard there is large cistern.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. Wide view of the House of the Porch or The Domus del Protiro, built in the 4th century AD on a pre-existing structure. To the left is the central courtyard which has double nymphaeum, facing west and east and a basin in its centre. To the right is the main hall which was paved with mosaics .Below the courtyard there is large cistern.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the stately entrance to the House of the Porch, which consists of columns supporting an elegant tympanum.  The Domus del Protiro was built in the 4th century AD on a pre-existing structure.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View towards the frigidarium or cold baths at largest baths in Ostia, the Baths of the Forum. The vast frigidarium was surrounded by tall marble columns or which only a few are standing. The baths or Terme del Foro were built in the third quarter of the second century AD and then restored in the 4th century.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View from the forum of the Capitolium, the ancient town’s most important temple and dedicated to the main Roman deities, Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. Dominating the Forum and built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD), the prostyle hexastyle building pronaos is reached by a wide flight of steps which had six fluted white marble columns which provided an entrance to the rectangular cells.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the internal courtyard of the House of the Round Temple. In the centre of the courtyard are the remains of a marble fountain and white marble decorated the floor and the lower part of the walls of the courtyard. In the background is a elevated room with two columns at its entrance.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the ruins of the Christian Basilica which dates from the end of the 4th century AD. The basilica is long and narrow and consists of two parallel aisles, dived by a colonnaded and terminating in apses.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the monumental entrance to the Schola del Traiano or Schola of Trajan. Dating from the 2nd century AD, the vast complex was the seat or headquarters of a corporation of shipbuilders or naval smiths.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the monumental entrance to the Schola del Traiano or Schola of Trajan. Dating from the 2nd century AD, the vast complex was the seat or headquarters of a corporation of shipbuilders or naval smiths.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the Fontana con Lucerna, a marble fountain and a decorative feature of the western Decumanus.  The fountains basin has a small column, the top of which mimics an oil lamp picks, with seven water spouts.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View along the lower Decumanus Maximus heading north away from the Porta Sea towards the centre of the city.
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