Home Libya Zwila
  • Join the Archiqoo Editorial Team

  • Archiqoo invites researchers, academics, and cultural heritage professionals worldwide to contribute their expertise to an initiative dedicated to documenting archaeological and cultural heritage sites. Join our editorial team as a volunteer Editor and help make reliable heritage knowledge accessible to a wider audience.

    Application deadline: November 15, 2026

    Apply as an Editor
  • Zwila

  • Zwila

    Zwila, Zuila, or Zweila, is a village in southwestern Libya. It's one of the oldest inhabited places in Libya. It had already trade relations with Egypt, and with the Sudan region. It was conquered by Uqba ibn Nafi in 643 AD, showing an evidence that Islam reached Fezzan early. The Fatimid Caliph Ubayd Allah Al-Mahdi made it a residence place for his people.
    Archaeological Site
    Zwila
    by Syed Wali Peeran, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 419 m

    Humidity: %
    Wind:
    Powered by: OpenWeatherMap
    Flag of Libya

    Zwila

    Archaeological Site

     

     

    city

    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Libya

    Murzuq

    History icon

    First Millennium BC

    Berber

    Islamic

    feature icon

    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

  • 3.4 Average Based on 18 Reviews
  • Current Rating
    Five
    6
    Four
    4
    Three
    3
    Two
    2
    One
    3
    Your Rating