Ghadames Museum
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Archaeological museum in Ghadames, Libya
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| Location | Ghadames, Libya |
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| Coordinates | 30°7′54.484′′N 9°29′42.122′′E / 30.13180111°N 9.49503389°E / 30.13180111; 9.49503389 |
| Type | archaeological museum |
| Collection size | Berber items, Roman era art |
The Ghadames Museum is an archaeological museum located in Ghadames, Libya.[1]
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[edit ]With its multiple wings, the museum specializes in Berber history and area wildlife.[1] It includes archaeological remains from Ghadames dating to the Roman period, when it was named Cydamus . There are some column bases of a Roman temple in a section of the Museum.
Columns of the Christian church of Cydamus still remain in the "Sīdī Badrī" Mosque (the oldest in Libya):[2] one is expected to be moved inside the Ghadames Museum.
The museum is one of the most visited places in the city by the tourists.
See also
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References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Ghadames Museum". Temehu Tourism Services. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ Cydamus roman remains
Bibliography
[edit ]- Edmond Bernet (1912). "Ghadames". En Tripolitaine: Voyage a Ghadames (in French). Paris: Fontemoing.
- Lafi (Nora) "Ghadamès cité-oasis entre empire ottoman et colonisation"" in Federico Cresti (ed.), La Libia tra Mediterraneo e mondo islamico, Giuffrè, pp. 55–70, 2006