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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 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.
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  • Water barrel vaulted arched cistern dating from the Roman period, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The rectangular structure is built of mortared rubble and has sixteen arched niches on its front façade looking north and tow on its west side.
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  • Water barrel vaulted arched cistern dating from the Roman period, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The rectangular structure is built of mortared rubble and has sixteen arched niches on its front façade looking north and tow on its west side.
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  • Water barrel vaulted arched cistern dating from the Roman period, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The rectangular structure is built of mortared rubble and has sixteen arched niches on its front façade looking north and tow on its west side.
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  • Water barrel vaulted arched cistern dating from the Roman period, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The rectangular structure is built of mortared rubble and has sixteen arched niches on its front façade looking north and tow on its west side.
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  • The broad and twisted trunk of an ancient and glorious Olive tree located in the Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. Olive trees are renowned for their hardiness and are drought-, disease- and fire-resistant. The Ancient Greeks revered the Olive tree and its fruit and smeared olive oil on their bodies and hair as a matter of grooming and good health. Olive oil was used to anoint kings and athletes in ancient Greece. It was burnt in the sacred lamps of temples and was the "eternal flame" of the original Olympic games. Victors in these games were crowned with its leaves.
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  • The Hellenistic Bouleuterion – council house - located adjacent the Agora, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The Bouleuterion had the capacity to seat 850 people and it main purpose was for political meetings, however an inscription dated to 200 BCE shows that musical and grammar performances took place there as well.
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  • Section of the stage building of the Greek Theatre, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The theatre is located on the south eastern slopes of the Acropolis. Unfortunately, a large amount of the stones of the seats were removed during the Ottoman period for the construction of a mediaeval castle.
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  • Drainage pipes of the Greek Theatre, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The theatre is located on the south eastern slopes of the Acropolis. Unfortunately, a large amount of the stones of the seats were removed during the Ottoman period for the construction of a mediaeval castle.
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  • Drainage pipes of the Greek Theatre, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The theatre is located on the south eastern slopes of the Acropolis. Unfortunately, a large amount of the stones of the seats were removed during the Ottoman period for the construction of a mediaeval castle.
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  • The Greek Theatre is located on the south eastern slopes of the Acropolis, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. Unfortunately a large amount of the stones of the seats were removed during the Ottoman period for the construction of a mediaeval castle.
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  • The Greek Theatre is located on the south eastern slopes of the Acropolis, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. Unfortunately a large amount of the stones of the seats were removed during the Ottoman period for the construction of a mediaeval castle.
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  • View on Acropolis with the ruins of the Altar for the adjacent Temple, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The Archaic temple was probably dedicated to Zeus Kapitolios.
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  • View on Acropolis with the ruins of the Altar for the adjacent Temple, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The Archaic temple was probably dedicated to Zeus Kapitolios.
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  • View on Acropolis with the ruins of the Altar for the adjacent Temple, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The Archaic temple was probably dedicated to Zeus Kapitolios.
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  • Hellenistic Temple of Dionysus, designed in 220-205 BCE by the architect Hermogenes of Priene, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The Temple of Dionysus is of Ionic orders and has a regular tripartite plan with a trapezoidal temenos. The Temenos was surrounded by four stoas: two Doric (north and south) and two Ionic (east and west). The plan is eustylos peripteral with six columns on a shorter side and eleven on the longer.
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  • Hellenistic Temple of Dionysus, designed in 220-205 BCE by the architect Hermogenes of Priene, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The Temple of Dionysus is of Ionic orders and has a regular tripartite plan with a trapezoidal temenos. The Temenos was surrounded by four stoas: two Doric (north and south) and two Ionic (east and west). The plan is eustylos peripteral with six columns on a shorter side and eleven on the longer.
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  • Hellenistic Temple of Dionysus, designed in 220-205 BCE by the architect Hermogenes of Priene, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The Temple of Dionysus is of Ionic orders and has a regular tripartite plan with a trapezoidal temenos. The Temenos was surrounded by four stoas: two Doric (north and south) and two Ionic (east and west). The plan is eustylos peripteral with six columns on a shorter side and eleven on the longer.
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  • Hellenistic Temple of Dionysus, designed in 220-205 BCE by the architect Hermogenes of Priene, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The Temple of Dionysus is of Ionic orders and has a regular tripartite plan with a trapezoidal temenos. The Temenos was surrounded by four stoas: two Doric (north and south) and two Ionic (east and west). The plan is eustylos peripteral with six columns on a shorter side and eleven on the longer.
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  • Hellenistic Temple of Dionysus, designed in 220-205 BCE by the architect Hermogenes of Priene, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The Temple of Dionysus is of Ionic orders and has a regular tripartite plan with a trapezoidal temenos. The Temenos was surrounded by four stoas: two Doric (north and south) and two Ionic (east and west). The plan is eustylos peripteral with six columns on a shorter side and eleven on the longer.
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  • Hellenistic Temple of Dionysus, designed in 220-205 BCE by the architect Hermogenes of Priene, Ancient Greek city of Teos, Sigacik, Turkey. The Temple of Dionysus is of Ionic orders and has a regular tripartite plan with a trapezoidal temenos. The Temenos was surrounded by four stoas: two Doric (north and south) and two Ionic (east and west). The plan is eustylos peripteral with six columns on a shorter side and eleven on the longer.
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  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
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  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-014.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-015.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-009.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
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  • Slonta. Libya. View of a human like head rock sculpture peering from beneath a ledge at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
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  • Slonta. Libya. View of a row of human like heads rock sculptures peering from beneath a ledge at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
    Libya-Slonta-006.tif
  • Slonta. Libya. View of the unique rock sculptures at a religious cult sanctuary made by the indigenous Libyan population that possibly date to a time before Greeks arrived in the area in the 7th century BC. The site has curious mix of carvings in the rock including childlike figures, human faces and various animal figures like pigs, lions, sheep, horses, dogs and snakes. It is believed the temple’s round rock pillar base in the centre of the small site supported the roof of the cave in which collapsed at an unknown time in the past.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View in the museum of the statue of Cleopatra I, the wife of Ptolemais V. The statue is a Roman copy of a Hellenistic original and was found in the Colonnaded Palace or Villa of Columns.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the Orpheus charming the beasts mosaic in the museum. Dating from the 4th century AD, the mosaic was found in the Villa of Orpheus situated on the sea front.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the Orpheus charming the beasts mosaic in the museum. Dating from the 4th century AD, the mosaic was found in the Villa of Orpheus situated on the sea front.
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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.
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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 sand stone blocks with an ancient Greek inscription carved into them 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 sand stone blocks with an ancient Greek inscription carved into them 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 sand stone blocks with an ancient Greek inscription carved into them 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. Close-up view of a twisted column of black marble at the small Byzantine baths which is situated 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 small Byzantine baths which is situated 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 decumanus also known as monumental road and the second cardo crossroad, which was the second most important intersection of the ancient city. The crossroad was adorned with 5th century AD four column monuments that would have been adorned with honorific statures.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View along the ruined decumanus also known as monumental road near the crossroad of the second cardo. In the distance are the ruins of the fortress of Athanasius.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View along the ruined decumanus also known as monumental road near the crossroad of the second cardo. In the distance are the ruins of the fortress of Athanasius.
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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. 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. View across some of the unexcavated surrounds of the ancient city. The blue waters of the Mediterranean are in the background.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the ruins of the fortress of Athanasius which dates from 5th century AD. The blue waters of the Mediterranean are in the background.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View across some of the unexcavated surrounds of the vast ancient city. The slopes of the Cyrenaica plateau are in the background.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of a recent excavation by a team of Polish archaeologists near the second cardo. Directly in front of it is the fortress of Athanasius and in the background is the blue waters of the Mediterranean.
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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. 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 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 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. View of floor mosaics found at the Columned Palace or Villa of the Columns which occupies 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 floor mosaics found at the Columned Palace or Villa of the Columns which occupies 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 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.
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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_044.tif
  • 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.
    Libya_Ptolemais_043.tif
  • 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.
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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.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View along a shady tree lined path on the way to the Columned Palace with the inviting blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea in the background.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the walls of a former water reservoir near the Greek agora. The lower sections of the walls which are somewaht stylish with lines marked in them are Greek whilst the top section was added by the Romans.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of an entrance to the 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 were enlarged by the Romans and 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 an entrance to the 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 were enlarged by the Romans and 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 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. 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. 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.
    Libya_Ptolemais_026.tif
  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of an entrance to the 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.
    Libya_Ptolemais_025.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 in the distance, over the vastly unexcavated archaeological site, of the 5th century AD gate towers of the Byzantine built Tocra / Teucheira gate.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of the 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 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.
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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. Close-up view of a figure 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.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View in the museum of the statue of Cleopatra I, the wife of Ptolemais V. The statue is a Roman copy of a Hellenistic original and was found in the Colonnaded Palace or Villa of Columns.
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  • Ptolemais. Cyrenaica. Libya. View of floor mosaics found at the Columned Palace or Villa of the Columns which occupies 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 an ornate column capital abandoned on the vast archaeological site.
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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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  • Sabratha. Libya. View in room 1 in the Roman Museum of a carpet like complete Mosaic from the removed from a house of Regio IV near the theatre.  The tondo contains portrait heads of a panther and lion and a scene of Dionysus / Liber Pater together with Ariadne in a chariot drawn by two panthers.
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  • Sabratha. Libya. View of four mosaics in Room 1 of the Roman Museum. The two upper panels on the left are from the Theatre Baths. The small mosaic is inscribed Bene Laba – Wash Well- and the other larger one beside it with sandals is inscribed Salvom Lavisse – Washing is good for you.
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  • Sabratha. Libya. View of the sculptures of room 3 of the Roman Museum  which includes a majestic colossal bust of Jupiter from the Temple of Jupiter.
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  • Sabratha. Libya. View inside room three of the Roman Museum of a colossal bust of Jupiter or Zeus from the Temple of Jupiter.
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  • Sabratha. Libya. View inside room three of the Roman Museum of a colossal bust of Jupiter or Zeus from the Temple of Jupiter.
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  • Sabratha. Libya. View inside room three of the Roman Museum of a colossal bust of Jupiter or Zeus from the Temple of Jupiter.
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  • Sabratha. Libya. View of four sculptures inside room three of the Roman Museum. Statues from left to right are, Isis dating from the 3rd century AD from the Temple of Isis, Carthaginian goddess Tanit as Caelestis from the Temple of Jupiter, Mercury with his head and leg missing and Torso of youth dating from the 2nd century from the South forum Temple.
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  • Sabratha. Libya. View of the bust of the goddess Condordia from the Temple of Jupiter or Capitolium. This sculpture is located in room 3 of the Roman Museum.
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  • Sabratha. Libya. View in room 1 in the Roman Museum of a carpet like complete Mosaic from the removed from a house of Regio IV near the theatre.  The tondo contains portrait heads of a panther and lion and a scene of Dionysus / Liber Pater together with Ariadne in a chariot drawn by two panthers.
    Libya_Sabratha_124.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. Close up view of the details of a section of the elegant mosaic from the side naves of the Basilica of Justinian which now hangs on the side walls of the central halls of the Roman Museum. The mosaic date from after AD533 and craftsmen’s who created it are believed to been from the eastern Mediterranean.
    Libya_Sabratha_119.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. Close up view of the details of a section of the elegant mosaic from the side naves of the Basilica of Justinian which now hangs on the side walls of the central halls of the Roman Museum. The mosaic date from after AD533 and craftsmen’s who created it are believed to been from the eastern Mediterranean.
    Libya_Sabratha_118.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. Close up view of the some of the elaborate details of the magnificent mosaic that once occupied the central nave Basilica of Justinian.  The mosaic shows an acanthus calyx from which vine branches spread out with a wealth of birds pecking at the grapes of salvation. The mosaic was moved from the ruined basilica to the specially built section of the Roman museum. The mosaics date from after AD533 and craftsmen’s who created them are believed to been from the eastern Mediterranean.
    Libya_Sabratha_117.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. Close up view of the some of the elaborate details of the magnificent mosaic that once occupied the central nave Basilica of Justinian.  The mosaic shows an acanthus calyx from which vine branches spread out with a wealth of birds pecking at the grapes of salvation. The mosaic was moved from the ruined basilica to the specially built section of the Roman museum. The mosaics date from after AD533 and craftsmen’s who created them are believed to been from the eastern Mediterranean.
    Libya_Sabratha_116.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. View of the magnificent mosaics from the Basilica of Justinian that were moved from the ruined basilica to the specially built section of the Roman museum. The central mosaic once occupied the basilica’s central nave and the mosaics on the wall were originally on the floors of the Basilica’s aisles. The mosaics date from after AD533 and craftsmen’s who created them are believed to been from the eastern Mediterranean.
    Libya_Sabratha_115.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. View of the magnificent mosaics from the Basilica of Justinian that were moved from the ruined basilica to the specially built section of the Roman museum. The central mosaic once occupied the basilica’s central nave and the mosaics on the wall were originally on the floors of the Basilica’s aisles. The mosaics date from after AD533 and craftsmen’s who created them are believed to been from the eastern Mediterranean.
    Libya_Sabratha_113.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. Close up view of the some of the elaborate details of a christian marble element that once occupied the Basilica of Justinian.
    Libya_Sabratha_112.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. View of the magnificent mosaics from the Basilica of Justinian that were moved from the ruined basilica to the specially built section of the Roman museum. The central mosaic once occupied the basilica’s central nave and the mosaics on the wall were originally on the floors of the Basilica’s aisles. The mosaics date from after AD533 and craftsmen’s who created them are believed to been from the eastern Mediterranean.
    Libya_Sabratha_110.tif
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