The history of human habitation in Morocco extends back to the Lower Paleolithic, with some of the earliest known evidence found at Jebel Irhoud. Much later, Morocco formed part of the Iberomaurusian
Phoenician plate with red slip, 7th century BCE, excavated on Mogador Island, Essaouira. Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum
Roman coins excavated in Essaouira, 3rd century
Roman remains of Volubilis
Idrisid dirham, minted at al-'Aliyah (Fes), Morocco, 840 CE. The coin features the name of Ali: a son-in-law of Muhammad, the fourth Caliph, and an ancestor of the Idrisids.