Discover Libya
Outstanding Classical ruins and breath-taking desert scenery have long been one of the worst-kept secrets of the travelling world.
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The theatre at Sabratha (400 AD) has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1982
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Only about half of Sabratha has been excavated, inlcuding this latin inscription
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Part of the dried-up Mandara Lake, near Ubari
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Rock art in the Akakus Mountains, depicting the now extinct North African elephant
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Qasar al Haj has one of the best examples of Berber construction in Libya
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The old town of Nalut has hundreds of chambers used for storing grain and oil
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The Jebel Nafusa region is where the majority of Libya's Berbers are concentrated
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A mosaic in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Cyrenaica (700 BC)
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Umm al Maa Lake, meaning 'mother of water', near Ubari
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Some of the rock art in the Akakus Mountains date back to 12,000 BC