Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars

Why it mattersKey Phoenician → Mauretanian (Juba) → Roman port with stratified sequence and regional typology.

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c. 800 BCE Phoenician settlement; temple 1st c. CE

Period

Phoenician 8th c. BCE → Mauretanian Juba II 25 BCE → Roman Tingitana

Culture

Phoenician → Mauretanian (Juba) → Roman

Purpose

Atlantic pillar port of Hercules (Pliny) with 1 ha garum factories — legend of Garden of Hesperides and Antaeus

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1892

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 800 BCE Phoenician settlement; temple 1st c. CE

   Initial construction / first occupation at Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars

2. c. 800 CE major extension

   Major expansion / refurbishment at Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars

• Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars — Principal Structure

  structure

  structure at Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars — hydraulic feature

  35.2007° N · 6.1090° W

• Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars — Northern Complex

  complex

  complex at Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars — outlier feature

  35.1997° N · 6.1073° W

• Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars — Southern Rock Art

  rock art

  rock art at Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars — subsidiary complex

  35.1984° N · 6.1095° W