Barca (ancient city)
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Barca, also known as Barke, Barka, Barqa, Barqah, and Barce was an ancient, medieval, and early modern city located at the site of Marj in northeastern Libya. It remains a Catholic and Orthodox titula
Coin minted in Barca in the Achaemenid Empire (475–435 BC)
Main railway station in Italian Barce
Cyrene, Libya
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Cyrene, also sometimes anglicized as Kyrene, was an ancient Greek colony and Roman city near present-day Shahhat in northeastern Libya in North Africa. It was part of the Pentapolis, an important grou
Barca (ancient city)
…1913–41) are on display in the museum at Tolmeita. Barca appears to be originally a settlement of the Libyan tribe Barraci. Later, Greek settlers from Cyrene colonized it. Archaeological evidence shows that Greek presence at Barca dates back to the seventh century BC. The city became a major economic centre…
Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene
Arcesilaus II oversees the weighing of silphium for export, on a Laconian kylix, c. 565–560 BC.
The Temple of Zeus, Cyrene
The Cyrene bronze head in the British Museum (300 BC)