GhadamesLegend An oasis town built so that you can cross it without going outside. The houses run in vertical layers: storage at ground level, family rooms above, and the alleys between them are roofed over, so the middle of the old town is... Open it on the map · Read the story
Leptis MagnaLegend A Roman city on the Libyan coast that survived because the desert buried it. Founded as a Punic settlement in the seventh century BC, it was made spectacular by Septimius Severus, who was born there and who from AD 193 rebuilt... Open it on the map · Read the story
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