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Tagscyrenaica
12 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Archaic Greek to Early Islamic (560 BCE – 643 CE) · Greek Cyrenean / Ptolemaic / Roman
Overlapping Greek harbours of Euesperides (560 BCE) and Berenice (247 BCE) preserved as lagoon moles and fish-tanks under Benghazi lagoon.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Hellenistic to Early Islamic (247 BCE – 642 CE) · Greek Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Ptolemy III foundation 247 BCE — Pentapolis harbour drowned 2 m off Tolmeita with 100 m breakwater and 6,000 m³ cisterns.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Archaic Greek to Fatimid (620 BCE – 10th c. CE) · Greek Cyrenean / Roman / Byzantine
Cyrenaican grain port founded 620 BCE — ashlar quay and slipways now reef-submerged with Justinian fortress above.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Iron Age to Hellenistic (700 BCE–200 CE) · Libyan (Berber) / Greek
30+ artificial underground caves 4 m deep with Libyan silhouette art and Greek votive 700 BCE–200 CE.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Archaic Greek to Byzantine (630 BCE–7th c CE) · Greek / Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine
Cyrene's port with double submerged harbour at -2.5 m, theatre and Governor's mosaics.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Libyan to Roman (500 BCE–300 CE) · Libyan / Greek / Hellenistic
Libyan shaft necropolis with betyl horseman stela and Hooded-figure Karst chambers 500 BCE–300 CE.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Roman (6th c. BCE – 5th c. CE naustathmos) · Greek Cyrenean / Roman
Cyrenaica northern tip storm harbour — twin 120 m moles at 2 m depth on Ras al-Hamama cape refuge.
🇱🇾 Libya · Necropolis
Greek to Late Antique (7th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek (Cyrenean) / Roman
Quarry-necropolis north of Tocra with 120 chamber tombs.
🇱🇾 Libya · Road station
Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek (Cyrenean) / Roman
Inland mansio between Barca and Ptolemais with milestone cluster.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Roman to Byzantine (2nd–7th c. CE) · Roman (Cyrenaica)
Dune suburb of Hadrianopolis with fish vats and submerged mole.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman (Cyrenaica)
Red-soil harbour with bath-kiln and Mid Roman amphora production.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman (Cyrenaica)
Submerged roadstead at Ras al Hilal with quay blocks 2–4 m deep.
