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Cyrene Antiquity Museum

Coordinates: 32°49′3.500″N 21°51′51.001″E / 32.81763889°N 21.86416694°E / 32.81763889; 21.86416694
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Cyrene Antiquity Museum
متحف المنحوتات في شحات
The three graces in Cyrene Antiquity Museum
The three graces in Cyrene Antiquity Museum
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LocationShahhat , Libya
Coordinates32°49′3.500″N 21°51′51.001″E / 32.81763889°N 21.86416694°E / 32.81763889; 21.86416694
TypeArchaeological museum
Collection sizeArchaic Greece and Roman era artifacts
Head of Zeus (Cyrene Antiquity Museum)

Cyrene Antiquity Museum is an archaeological museum located in Shahhat, Libya. It contains several statues and mosaics from the ancient Greek and later Roman city Cyrene.[1]

According to a multi level research, four out of 200 statues at Cyrene Antiquity museum have previously been identified as dolomitic marble from the northern Aegean island of Thasos.[2]

List of statues

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cyrene Sculpture Museum". temehu.com. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  2. ^ a b Poljak, Daniela (2015). Thasian Connections Overseas: Sculpture in the Cyrene Museum (Libya) Made of Dolomitic Marble from Thasos. p. 457. ISBN 978-953-6617-49-4.