Ptolemais

Jabal al Akhdar · Libya

Ptolemais, Libya
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The remains of an ancient Greek and Roman port city on the Cyrenaican coast, once a harbour for the inland city of Barca. Colonnaded streets, cisterns and villa mosaics survive near the sea.

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