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Widely accepted, excavated places in Libya · Mysteria

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Widely accepted, excavated places in Libya

3 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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🇱🇾 Libya · Cave

Jebel Akhdar Hadd Cave Layer 4

Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic

Jebel Akhdar Hadd Cave Layer 4 in Cyrenaica, Jebel Akhdar, Libya is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.

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🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art

Messak Settafet — North Escarpment Engraving Panel

Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age

Messak Settafet — North Escarpment Engraving Panel in Fezzan, Messak Settafet, Libya is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attrib…

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🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city

Ptolemais — Palace of Columns Cliff Peristyle Hellenistic

Hellenistic (Ptolemy III 246 BCE) → Roman, Palace of Columns 1st c. CE · Hellenistic Ptolemaic port palace and Roman later

Ptolemais Kraeling 1960s, Palace Columns 165 m peristyle.