Zawiet el Argub

At Zawiet el Argub (also Zaviet el Argub ) in today's Libya are the remains of a well-preserved building from Byzantine times .

The construction was discovered in the 1960s. He was visited by John Bryan Ward-Perkins in 1969 and examined at about the same time by Sheila Gibson and Margaret Browne, who also kept accurate records. No excavations have yet taken place in the ruins. The fortified structure is 23.6 × 24.9 meters in size and stands on a hill. Remnants of an ancient city lie more than a kilometer to the west. There are remains of a bath and maybe a church. Some of the remains of the fortified structure of Zawiet el Argub are still over five meters high. Inside there is a hall with an apse. The rooms were vaulted. Some vaults are still preserved today. The function of the building is uncertain. The apse may suggest that it was a church. The strong fortifications rather suggest that it is a small castle.

literature

• John Bryan Ward-Perkins , Richard Goodchild : Christian Monuments of Cyrenaica , London 2003, ISBN 1900971011 , pp. 373-381.

Coordinates: 32 ° 40 ′ 2.6 ″  N , 21 ° 29 ′ 11 ″  E