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Tripoli, still the white bride
Libyan legend Ahmed Fakroun Born in the Libyan city of Benghazi, he spent long periods in the UK and France in the 1970s and 1980s, recording a handful of singles and albums that now fetch high prices on record collectors' websites.read more
Shashank Bengali: Tourist Mecca in the making We were walking through the former outpost of another empire. Leptis Magna, located about 75 miles outside Tripoli on a rocky chunk of the Mediterranean coast, was once the grandest Roman city in this part of the world. Thanks to intermittent flooding, the city's limestone remains, some dating from the second century B.C., were buried under several thick layers of sand for centuries and thus are remarkably well preserved. UNESCO has designated it a World Heritage Site, one of five in Libya. Read more Ghdames..the jewel of the Sahara
Septimus Severus..a Roman emperor from Leptis Magna Lucius Septimus Severus, a Romanised African was born in Leptis Magna (Libya), on the 1st April AD 145. He started his official career as a civil magistrate, and then joined the army to become a military commander. As a capable and popular leader in the army, he made his way up to Rome the capital of the Roman empire. Septimusīs chance to rise and achieve what many officials,rich people and politicians dreamt of, came up when emperor Commodus the son of emperor Marcus Aurelius was murdered. Read more |
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