Ghadames Museum

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Ghadames Museum
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Ghadames Museum
Location Ghadames, Libya
Coordinates 30°07′54″N9°29′42″E / 30.131801°N 9.495034°E / 30.131801; 9.495034
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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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ghadames Museum". Temehu Tourism Services. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. Cydamus roman remains

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