Ruins of ancient Roman home — with jars for collecting taxes — found in Libya. See it
The ruins of Ptolemais are in the modern-day city of Tolmeita, Libya. The country sits along the Mediterranean Sea in North ...
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From Cisterns to Temples, These Twelve Underground Worlds Are Open for Exploring
Some had a practical reason for venturing underground—quarrying stone for building material, digging out cisterns or mining ... where haunting contemporary and ancient sculptures (including ...
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A Mysterious Mask Embedded in the Walls of a Cistern Found in the Ancient Egyptian City of Ptolemais in Libya
which was subsequently stored in two underground cisterns. However, the residence was not spared from tragedy; earthquakes that struck Cyrenaica in the 3rd century CE caused severe damage. Ruins of ...
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Ruins of ancient Roman home — with jars for collecting taxes — found in Libya. See it
Polish archaeologists returned to the ancient city of Ptolemais in Libya ... Archaeologists excavate the mosaic (right) and look into an underground cistern (left). Photo from Piotr Jaworski ...