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Cyrene
ancient Greek and Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya
Sabratha
thumb|upright=1.25|Map of Sabratha Sabratha (; also Sabratah, Siburata), in the Zawiya District of Libya, was the westernmost of the ancient "three cities" of Roman Tripolis, alongside Oea and Leptis Magna. From 2001 to 2007 it was the capital of the former Sabratha wa Sorman District. It lies on the Mediterranean coast about west of modern Tripoli. The extant archaeological site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.
Tadrart Acacus
mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya
Germa
Germa, Jerma, Jarma, Djourma, Djerma, Djarma (), known in ancient times as Garama, is an archaeological site in Libya. It was the capital of the Garamantian Kingdom.
Ptolemais
one of the ancient capitals of Cyrenaica
Archaeological Site of Sabratha
Archaeological Site in Libya
Ghirza
Gerisa, also called Ghirza, was an ancient city of Roman Libya near the Limes Tripolitanus. It was a small village of 300 inhabitants on the pre-desert zone of Tripolitania.
Wadi Mathendous
archaeological site in Libya
Haua Fteah
cave and archaeological site in Libya
Gasr Banat
historic site in Libya
Oea
thumb|right|400px|The Arch of Marcus Aurelius (Tripoli)|Arch of Marcus Aurelius in Oea Oea (; ) was an ancient city in present-day Tripoli, Libya. It was founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC and later became a Roman–Berber colony. As part of the Roman Africa Nova province, Oea and surrounding Tripolitania were prosperous. It reached its height in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, when the city experienced a golden age under the Severan dynasty in nearby Leptis Magna. The city was conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate with the spread of Islam in the 7th century and came to be known
Olbia
human settlement in Libya
Mesak Settafet
mountains in Libya
Berenice, Cyrenica
ancient city of Cyrenaica
Uan Muhuggiag
Archaeological site in Libya
Takarkori
Takarkori is an archaeological site and rock shelter located in the Tadrart Acacus Mountains of southwestern Libya. During the Holocene, humans occupied the site between 10,170 cal BP and 4650 cal BP. Takarkori rockshelter is one of two sites where the earliest evidence of plant processing in pottery has been found, is the first Saharan site where ancient DNA was able to be extracted, particularly from two interred individuals, and is also a site with artifacts which include bone tools, stone tools, wooden tools, pottery, fiber goods, and carved figurines.
Deriana
Deriana or Daryanah () is a town in the Benghazi District, of the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya. It is located 32 km (20 mi) east of Benghazi.
Necropolis of Cyrene
ancient necropolis in Libya
Qasr Ahmad
human settlement in Libya