Claudia Gazzini, senior Libya analyst with the International Crisis Group non-profit, who visited Cyrene after the flooding, told Newsweek that flooding in the ancient city revealed a series of ...

A colony of the Greeks of Thera, Cyrene was one of the principal cities in the Hellenic world. It was Romanized and remained a great capital until the earthquake of 365. A thousand years of history is ...

Cyrene, known locally as Shahhat, is one of Libya’s leading archeological sites. Originally established as a Greek colony in 631 B.C.E, ...

Cyrene was the birthplace of several learned men, among whom was Eratosthenes, the geometer and mathematician. A personal friend of Archimedes, ...

The ruins of the Temple of Apollo in the ancient city of Cyrene, in eastern Libya's Jebel Akhdar region, February 2022. ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP. The ruins of the ancient Hellenic necropolis of Cyrene ...

Though work has begun on Cyrene, fears remain for ancient sites closer to the coast. Cyrene’s port Apollonia, which is now part of the town of Susa, and Athrun are currently inaccessible to ...

Fears for ancient Cyrene after Libya floods. Benghazi (Libya) (AFP) – Floods that killed thousands in the Libyan city of Derna also inundated one of the country's premier ancient sites ...