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	Topics Sabratha Topic Home Sabratha, in the ZawiaAz Zawiyah Municipality Az Zawiyah Municipality is one of the municipalities of Libya.... district in the northwestern corner of modern LibyaLibya Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country in North Africa.... , was the westernmost of the "three cities" of TripolisTripolis (region of Africa) Overview Tripolis was a district in ancient Tripolitania, now in Libya, along the Mediterranean between the Sabrata and Cynyps rivers... . It lies on the MediterraneanFacts About Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the sou... coast about 65km (40 miles) west of TripoliTripoli Tripoli is the capital city of Libya.... (ancient Oea). The extant archaeological site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage SiteWorld Heritage Site A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained ... in 1982. Ancient Sabratha Sabratha's port was established, perhaps about 500 BC, as a PhoeniciaPhoenicia Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centred in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plains of... n trading-post that served as a coastal outlet for the products of the African hinterland. Sabratha became part of the short-lived NumidiaNumidia Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom in North Africa that later became a Roman province, and is no longer in existence toda... n Kingdom of Massinissa before being Romanized and rebuilt in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. The Emperor Septimus Severus was born nearby in Leptis MagnaLeptis Magna Leptis Magna , also called Lpqy or Neapolis, was a prominent city of the Roman Empire.... , and Sabratha reached its monumental peak during the rule of the Severans. The city was badly damaged by earthquakes during the 4th century, particularly the quake of AD 365365 Crete earthquake The 365 AD Crete earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at about sunrise on 21 July 365 AD in the Eastern Medit... . It was rebuilt on a more modest scale by ByzantineByzantine Empire Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the... governors. Within a hundred years of the Arab conquest of the maghrebMaghreb The Maghreb... , trade had shifted to other ports and Sabratha dwindled to a village. The archaeological site Besides its magnificent late 3rd century theatre, that retains its three-storey architectural backdrop, Sabratha has temples dedicated to Liber Pater, SerapisSerapis Overview Serapis was an Hellenistic-Egyptian god in Antiquity.... and IsisISIS ISIS is an industry standard interface for technologies, developed by Pixel Translations in 1990 .... . There is a Christian basilicaBasilica Overview The Latin word basilica , was originally used to describe a Roman public building , usually located at the centre of a Roman... of the time of JustinianJustinian I Justinian I was Eastern Roman Emperor from August 1, 527 until his death.... and remnants also of some of the mosaicMosaic Overview Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material.... floors that enriched elite dwellings of Roman north Africa (for example, at the Villa Sileen, near Al-Khoms), although these are most clearly preserved in the coloured patterns of the seaward (or Forum) baths, directly overlooking the shore, and in the black and white floors of the Theatre baths. There is an adjacent museum containing some treasures from Sabratha, but others can be seen in the national museum in Tripoli. Max Mallowan at Sabratha In 1943, during the Second World War, archaeologist Max MallowanMax Mallowan Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan was a prominent archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern history, and was also th... , husband of novelist Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE , also known as Dame Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer.... , was based at Sabratha as assistant to the Senior Civil Affairs Officer of the Western Province of TripolitaniaTripolitania Tripolitania or Tripolitana is a historic region of western Libya, centered on the coastal city of Tripoli.... . His main task was to oversee the allocation of grain rations, but it was, in the words of Christie's biographer, a "glorious attachment", during which Mallowan lived in an Italian villa with a patio overlooking the sea and dined on fresh tunnyTuna Summary Tuna, sometimes called tunafish, are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in ... fish and olives . External links