- ► Byzantine-era historical structure discovered in Turkey
- ► Four families burial uncovered in Poland
- ► 4,400-year-old tomb discovered in Egypt
- ► Remains of 35 ancient Egyptians found in Aswan
- ► Mayan figurine factory underneath in Guatemala
- ► 13,500-year-old tomb discovered in China
- ► Upper paleolithic cave art found in the Balkans
- ► New species of human discovered in the Philippines
- ► Ptolemaic-era tomb discovered in Egypt
- ► Four-legged whale fossil found in Peru
Cyrene
by Maher27777, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Cyrene
Cyrene was an ancient Greek and Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times. It was was founded in 630 BC as a settlement of Greeks from the Greek island of Thera (Santorini). Cyrene was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.
Site Information
Country: Libya
District: Jabal al Akhdar District
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: 7th Century BC
Oldest Culture: Ancient Greeks
Later Cultures: Roman
Site Features: Ancient Greek & Roman Monuments
World Heritage Site
Official Name: Archaeological site of Cyrene
Date of Inscription: 1982
Exact Location
Loading...
Weather In Site
- Humidity: %
- Wind:
Powered by: OpenWeatherMap
Libya Map
by amCharts