Āthār Ţulmaythah
Āthār Ţulmaythah is a ruin in Marj District, Libya. Āthār Ţulmaythah is situated nearby to the village Tolmeita.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ptolemais and Colonnaded Palace, Ptolemais.
Ptolemais
Archaeological site
Photo: Edratzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ptolemais was one of the five cities that formed the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, the others being Cyrene, Euesperides, Tauchira/Teuchira, and Apollonia. Its ruins are at a small village in modern Libya called Tolmeita, after the ancient name. Ptolemais is situated 240 metres south of Āthār Ţulmaythah.
Colonnaded Palace, Ptolemais
Archaeological site
Photo: Edratzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colonnaded Palace, Ptolemais is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tolmeita.
Tolmeita
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tolmeita, Tolmeta or Tolmeitha Arabic: طلميتة is a village in the northern Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya, some 110 km east of Benghazi, near Ad Dirsiyah.
Āthār Ţulmaythah
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Āthār Ţalmīthah”, “Āthār Tilmītah”, “Athar Tulmaythah”, and “Ptolemais”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Marj District, Libya, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
32.70923° or 32° 42′ 33″ northLongitude
20.95387° or 20° 57′ 14″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
8G42PX53+MGGeoNames ID
81282
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