Paliurus (El Agheila) – Syrtic Salt Post
Paliurus · Anabucata · El Agheila · Agedabia road station
Punic to Roman (5th c BCE – 5th c CE)·Punic / Roman (Tripolitania–Cyrenaica border)·🇱🇾 Sirte Gulf, El Agheila beach 80 km south of Sirte, Libya
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About
About Paliurus (El Agheila) – Syrtic Salt Post
Lonely Syrtis salt post at Syrtis Major's southernmost bay, Paliurus marks the dangerous coastal road's water point between Leptis and Berenice; still salt flats. Recorded context — Period: Punic to Roman (5th c BCE – 5th c CE); Culture: Punic / Roman (Tripolitania–Cyrenaica border); Field status: unexcavated; Materials: limestone, salt flat gypsum; Condition: low walls, cistern mouths on sabkha.
Why it mattersKey Punic to Roman (5th c BCE – 5th c CE) site illustrating Punic / Roman (Tripolitania–Cyrenaica border) urbanism and salt and syrtic coastal waystation at syrtis major–minor divide.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Philaeni altar proximity
Theories
- 01Syrtis crossing logistics
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Punic salt post 5th c BCE; Roman mutatio 1st c CE
- Period
- Punic to Roman (5th c BCE – 5th c CE)
- Culture
- Punic / Roman (Tripolitania–Cyrenaica border)
- Builders
- Punic
- Purpose
- Salt and Syrtic coastal waystation at Syrtis Major–Minor divide
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
Punic salt post 5th c BCE; Roman mutatio 1st c CE
Initial construction / foundation
20th century
Modern archaeological survey and excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
30.2600° N · 19.2000° E · 8 m · 3 mapped features
- Paliurus (El Agheila) — Principal GategateMain gate and rampart section at Paliurus (El Agheila) – Syrtic Salt Post30.2606° N · 19.2006° E
- Paliurus (El Agheila) — Central Forum/BasilicaforumForum–basilica complex at Paliurus (El Agheila) – Syrtic Salt Post30.2600° N · 19.2000° E
- Paliurus (El Agheila) — Baths/CisternsbathsBaths and cistern cluster at Paliurus (El Agheila) – Syrtic Salt Post30.2594° N · 19.1994° E
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