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Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
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Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
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Lepcis Magna
COUNTRY
Libya
ADDRESS
Khoms, Libya
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About Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna is an ancient situated in Khoms, Libya. The city was founded in the 7th century BC and was abandoned in the 7th century AD. It is located at the mouth of the Wadi Lebda in the Mediterranean and is 130 kilometers away from Tripoli. It was an important city at the time of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya. It was abandoned due to the Muslim invasion in 647. It was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.
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- The site is so important because it has ruins of various rulers including Phoenicians, the Roman Republic, the Vandal Kingdom, Islamic Rulers, and the Byzantine Empire.
- Various ruins of the Roman period were found in the excavation of Leptis Magna. A part of the Roman temple was also brought to British Museum in 1816.
- Italian discovered many parts of the city when Libya was their colony. They also discovered a 4th to 3rd century BC necropolis under the Roman theater.
- The mosaic which was discovered in the Roman bathhouse was found in 2000 but was not revealed for five years to avoid looting. It is 30 feet long colorful mosaics that was created in the first or second century. It shows a warrior in combat with a deer, a gladiator resting in fatigue and staring at his opponents, and four young men fight with a wild bull.
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