Links to other websites

http://www.mesa.arizona.edu/ - MESA, Middle East Studies Association of North America, University of Arizona, Tucson

http://www.brismes.ac.uk/ - BRISMES, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies

http://www.hedibouraoui.com/ - Prof. Hédi Bouraoui

http://www.arts.yorku.ca/french/cmc/ - The Canada-Maghreb Centre at York University in Canada

Lepcis Magna, a city and port in the Tripolitania region of Libya, was originally founded by the Phoenicians in the 10th Century BC, it survived the attention of Spartan colonists, became a Punic city and eventually part of the new Roman province of Africa around 23 BC. Sacked by a Berber tribe in 523 AD it was abandoned and quickly reclaimed by the desert. Although it provided a source of building materials to various pillagers throughout history, it was not excavated until the 1920s. Since then the incredible remains of this city (one of the best preserved Roman cities) have attracted less attention than they deserve. This award winning website, established to record the results of excavations in the mid 1990s, has plenty of beautiful pictures of this amazing place.