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Archaeological Site of Sabratha

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Date of Inscription: 1982
Criteria: (iii)
District of Zawia
N32 48 19.008 E12 29 6
Ref: 184

Brief Description

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