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CYRENE, Libya, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The flooding that killed thousands in Libya's Derna last month damaged the ruins at the ancient Greek city of Cyrene in the mountains nearby, but it also revealed ...

In the city of Derna, 100km away from ancient Cyrene, flash floods wiped out a quarter of its neighbourhoods. The human toll is beyond comprehension.

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The ruins of the Temple of Apollo in the ancient city of Cyrene, in eastern Libya's Jebel Akhdar region, February 2022. ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP.

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Floods that killed thousands in the Libyan city of Derna also inundated one of the country's premier ancient sites, threatening its UNESCO-listed monuments with collapse, a recent visitor and a ...

In the 7th century BCE, Greek colonists landed on the shores of eastern Libya and began scaling the hilly region now known as the Green Mountain. There they founded the city of Cyrene, a place ...

Fears for ancient Cyrene after Libya floods. Wednesday 20 September 2023 - 14:17pm. Floods that killed thousands in the Libyan city of Derna also inundated one of the country's premier ancient ...