Ghirza: Mausoleum South-C

The poorly preserved mausoleums of Ghirza's southern cemetery

Ghirza: Roman town in Libya, one of the main archaeological sites of the country.

General	North-A	South A	Gh 82
	North-B	South C
	North-C	South F
	North D-G	South G
		South NN

Ghirza's South Cemetery, which is about two kilometer west of the town itself, is less impressive than the North Cemetery. Mausoleum-A and Mausoleum-NN are best preserved. However, there were several other mausoleums. Only their foundations have survived.

Below, however, you can see a splendid relief from Mausoleum C, which is now in Tripoli's Museum of the Jamahirjia. To the left, we can see four people plowing with dromedaries and one with a hoe; to the far left, a person has started to sow. The other relief shows a caravan of dromedaries, accompagnied by a man, a child, and a goat.

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Remains of the frieze of Mausoleum C of Ghirza's southern necropolis. National Archaeological Museum, Tripoli (Libya). Photo Jona Lendering.

General	North-A	South A	Gh 82
	North-B	South C
	North-C	South F
	North D-G	South G
		South NN