<< Text Pages >> Taucheira - Ancient Village or Settlement in Libya
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Multi-periodSite Name: Taucheira Alternative Name: Teucheira, Tauchira, Teuchira, ArsinoeCountry: Libya
NOTE: This site is 323.911 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Benghazi Nearest Village: Tocra
Latitude: 32.533333N Longitude: 20.566667E
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Libya
Founded around 510 BCE, Tocra was one of the first ports settled from Cyrene. Under the Ptolemies it was renamed Arsinoe after Queen Arsinoe II of Egypt. Later it became a Roman colony and was fortified by Justinian I. Taucheira was particularly noted for the worship of Cybele. Due o the soft sandstone, the buildings have not survived the local earthquakes well.
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