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Necropolis of Cyrene, the Glossary

The Necropolis of Cyrene is a necropolis located between Cyrene, Libya and the ancient port of Apollonia, at the western slope of the Wadi Haleg Shaloof hill.^[1]

25 relations: Alan Rowe (archaeologist), Ancient Libya, Ancient Rome, Apollonia (Cyrenaica), Belgravia, Boxing, Colony, Cyrene, Libya, Funeral, Greece, Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, List of World Heritage in Danger, Necropolis, Poetry, Pompeii, Ptolemaic dynasty, Rhetoric, Richard Norton (archaeologist), Silphium, Theia, Tomb, UNESCO, Viaduct, World Heritage Site.
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Libya
Archaeological sites in Libya
Cemeteries in Libya
Temples of Apollo
World Heritage Sites in Libya

Alan Rowe (archaeologist)

Alan Jenvey Rowe (29 October 1891 – 3 January 1968) was a British archaeologist most famous for his studies on ancient Egypt.

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Ancient Libya

During the Iron Age and Classical antiquity, Libya (from Greek Λιβύη: Libyē, which came from Berber: Libu) referred to modern-day Africa west of the Nile river.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Apollonia (Ἀπολλωνία) in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean. Necropolis of Cyrene and Apollonia (Cyrenaica) are ancient Greek archaeological sites in Libya.

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Belgravia

Belgravia is a district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.

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Colony

A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule.

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Cyrene, Libya

Cyrene, also sometimes anglicized as Kyrene, was an ancient Greek colony and Roman city near present-day Shahhat in northeastern Libya in North Africa. Necropolis of Cyrene and Cyrene, Libya are ancient Greek archaeological sites in Libya, Archaeological sites in Libya and world Heritage Sites in Libya.

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Funeral

A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Jabal al Akhdar

Jabal al Akhdar or The Green Mountain is one of the districts of Libya.

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Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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List of World Heritage in Danger

The List of World Heritage in Danger is compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through the World Heritage Committee according to Article 11.4 of the World Heritage Convention,Full title: Convention concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage which was established in 1972 to designate and manage World Heritage Sites.

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Necropolis

A necropolis (necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. Necropolis of Cyrene and necropolis are necropoleis.

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Poetry

Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings.

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Pompeii

Pompeii was an ancient city in what is now the comune (municipality) of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.

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Ptolemaic dynasty

The Ptolemaic dynasty (Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi), also known as the Lagid dynasty (Λαγίδαι, Lagidai; after Ptolemy I's father, Lagus), was a Macedonian Greek royal house which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period.

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Rhetoric

Rhetoric is the art of persuasion.

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Richard Norton (archaeologist)

Richard Norton (February 9, 1872 – August 2, 1918) was an American fine art historian and archaeologist, specializing in classical antiquity, who was head of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, and a director for the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and the Archaeological Institute of America before World War I.

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Silphium

Silphium (also known as laserwort or laser; Ancient Greek) is an unidentified plant that was used in classical antiquity as a seasoning, perfume, aphrodisiac, and medicine.

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Theia

Theia (divine, also rendered Thea or Thia), also called Euryphaessa (Εὐρυφάεσσα) "wide-shining", is one of the twelve Titans, the children of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus in Greek mythology.

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Tomb

A tomb (τύμβος tumbos) or sepulcher (sepulcrum.) is a repository for the remains of the dead.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Viaduct

A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necropolis_of_Cyrene