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Preliminary report on two seasons of excavations at Balagrae (al-Beida)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

Ahmed Buzaian  and
Fuaad Bentaher
Ahmed Buzaian
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Omar al-Mokhtar University, al-Beida, Libya/ Garyunis University, Benghazi, Libya
Fuaad Bentaher
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Omar al-Mokhtar University, al-Beida, Libya/ Garyunis University, Benghazi, Libya
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Abstract

This paper presents a short preliminary report of excavations at Balagrae (al-Beida) in 2001 and 2002. Two phases of building were investigated; the first, representing a possibly domestic or industrial structure which appears to have been destroyed in the earthquake of AD 365, and the second a crudely built late structure erected after the earthquake. Elements of a Roman Doric colonnade reused in the walls of Phase I suggests the existence nearby of a still earlier structure of some architectural pretension.

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Archaeological Reports
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Libyan Studies , Volume 33 , 2002 , pp. 125 - 131
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 2002

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