Magnificently positioned beside the Mediterranean on the palm-fringed coast of western Libya, the ancient city of Sabratha possesses one of the most memorable settings in the Roman world. Here, weathered temples, columns, mosaics and streets lie almost at the water’s edge, their warm stone contrasting with the intense blue of the sea. Yet Sabratha is…
On the Mediterranean coast of northwestern Libya, where the dry landscapes of North Africa meet the sea, lie the extraordinary ruins of Leptis Magna, one of the most extensive, complete, and magnificent Roman cities surviving anywhere in the ancient world. Spread across a vast archaeological landscape about 110 kilometres east of Tripoli, Leptis Magna preserves…
Temples, myths, philosophers, and the mystery of silphium in the green highlands of ancient Libya Cyrene occupies one of the most unexpected settings of the ancient Mediterranean. Rather than standing beside the sea, it lies high in the fertile uplands of the Jebel Akhdar, Libya’s Green Mountain, approximately 13 kilometres inland and around 600 metres…