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]
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![]() The three graces in Cyrene Antiquity Museum | |
Location | Shahhat , Libya |
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Coordinates | 32°49′3.500″N 21°51′51.001″E |
Type | Archaeological museum |
Collection size | Archaic Greece and Roman era artifacts |
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Head of Zeus (Cyrene Antiquity Museum)
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]
See also
References
- "Cyrene Sculpture Museum". temehu.com. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- 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.
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