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Archaeological Site of Sabratha
  • موقع صبراتة الأثري (Arabic)
Theatre of Sabratha
Archaeological Site of Sabratha is located in Libya
Archaeological Site of Sabratha
Shown within Libya
Archaeological Site of Sabratha is located in Africa
Archaeological Site of Sabratha
Archaeological Site of Sabratha (Africa)
LocationSabratha, Libya
Coordinates32°48′19″N 12°29′59″E / 32.80528°N 12.49972°E / 32.80528; 12.49972
TypeSettlement
History
CulturesPhoenician, Numidia , Roman
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official nameArchaeological Site of Sabratha
TypeCultural
Criteriaiii
Designated1982
Reference no.184
RegionNorth African States

The archaeological site of Sabratha is an excavated Numidian and later Roman city situed near present-day Sabratha, Libya.[1]

It was a Phoenician trading-post that served as an outlet for the products of the African hinterland, and later part of the short-lived Numidian Kingdom of Massinissa before being Romanized and rebuilt in the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D.[2]

  1. ^ "Archaeological site of Sabratha (Libya) | African World Heritage Sites". www.africanworldheritagesites.org. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  2. ^ "Archaeological Site of Sabratha". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-09-18.

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