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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Cyrene Temple of ZeusCountry: Libya Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Benghasi Nearest Village: Al Bayda'
Latitude: 32.822330N Longitude: 21.862530E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Ancient Temple in Libya
Cyrene Temple of Zeus. Very large 6th century BCE temple which measures 70 Meters by 32 Meters and has 17 by 8 Doric columns. Stonework shows traces of Egyptian workmanship. Here are some of the remaining colossal column capitals and part of a drum.
The temple was destroyed several times, including a Jewish rebelion against Rome in 120 CE and a 4th century CE earthquake. Italian archeologists restored it to the present state since since 1957. For example, some of the lost fluting was added to the columns in order to better simulate the original appearance. All work ceased in 1974. It's now a Unesco World Heritage site.
625 Meters altitude
The Cyrene site is very large and essentialy spread accross 3 different locations at different altitudes: Temple of Zeus, Sanctury of Apollo and the town itself.
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