Cyrene Antiquity Museum

Cyrene Antiquity Museum is an archaeological museum located in Shahhat, Libya. It contains several statues and mosaics from the ancient Greek and later Roman city Cyrene.[1]

Cyrene Antiquity Museum
متحف المنحوتات في شحات
The three graces in Cyrene Antiquity Museum
The three graces in Cyrene Antiquity Museum
LocationShahhat , Libya
Coordinates32°49′3.500″N 21°51′51.001″E
TypeArchaeological museum
Collection sizeArchaic Greece and Roman era artifacts
Head of Zeus (Cyrene Antiquity Museum)

According to a multi level research, four out of 200 statues at Cyrene Antiquity museum have previously been identified as dolomitic marble from the northern Aegean island of Thasos.[2]

List of statues

See also

References
  1. "Cyrene Sculpture Museum". temehu.com. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  2. Poljak, Daniela (2015). Thasian Connections Overseas: Sculpture in the Cyrene Museum (Libya) Made of Dolomitic Marble from Thasos. p. 457. ISBN 978-953-6617-49-4.


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