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  • Taucheira

  • Taucheira

    Tocra, Taucheira, Tukrah or El Agouriya, is a town on the coast of the Marj District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. It was founded by the Greeks and considered by some to be part of the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, at a later period it became a Roman colony, and was fortified by Justinian I.
    Archaeological Site
    Taucheira
    by Munshaat al Akhdar lil Alwan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Taucheira

    Archaeological Site

     

     

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Libya

    Marj

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    6th Century BC

    Ancient Greeks

    Roman + Byzantine + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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