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- The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya is located on a coastal plateau of Libya, beyond the boundaries of the city (extramural). In approximately 630 BC Greeks from the island of Thera colonized Cyrene. Other Greek colonists not long after increased the population, thus transforming Cyrene into what was regarded as both the largest and wealthiest Greek colony of North Africa. Archaeological excavations of Cyrene's Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone, also known as Kore, daughter of Demeter and legendary Queen of the Underworld and consort of Hades, began in 1969 under the sponsorship of the University of Michigan. Between 1973 and 1981 the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology continued the excavations at Cyrene under the direction of Professor Donald White (Museum Curator Emeritus, Mediterranean Section). Following the renewal of relations between Libya and the United States in 2004, the Cyrenaica Archaeological Project (CAP), under the direction of Professor Susan Kane of Oberlin College, was granted permission to resume the work of its predecessors. The grounds of the Sanctuary to Demeter and Persephone, which include a temple and theater complex, elevate on terraces across the slope of a ravine, specifically the wadi (Arabic: وادي wādī; also: Vadi) bel Gadir, southwest of the walled city. The Sanctuary comprised structures sprawled out over twenty miles and divided into three primary structures: the Lower, Middle and Upper Sanctuaries. The archaeological remains of the walled complex span approximately 850 years of religious activity, dating from ca. 600 BC through the mid third century AD. During the time of this sacred activity at the Sanctuary a voluminous amount of votive material was accumulated in its interior: pottery, lamps, coinage, stone sculpture, jewellery, inscriptions, glass, as well as bronze and terracotta figurines. The pottery excavated at the Sanctuary does provide useful evidence concerning both the question of its foundation and type of religious activity. (en)
- Demeters och Persefones helgedom i Kyrene var ett tempel i den antika grekiska kolonin Kyrene i Libyen, tillägnad Demeter och Persefone. Templet grundades på 600-talet f.Kr. Det var kultplats för thesmoforiahögtiden i århundraden in i romarrikets tid. År 262 e. Kr. skadades dock helgedomen i en jordbävning och tycks inte ha återhämtat sig. Det har varit föremål för omfattande utgrävningar från 1973. (sv)
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- 31 BC abandonment of sanctuary use
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- Early Battiad , Late Battiad (en)
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- MAP: Mercantile and Relevant Sites of the Sanctuary (en)
- Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone (en)
- Site Plan (en)
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- Demeters och Persefones helgedom i Kyrene var ett tempel i den antika grekiska kolonin Kyrene i Libyen, tillägnad Demeter och Persefone. Templet grundades på 600-talet f.Kr. Det var kultplats för thesmoforiahögtiden i århundraden in i romarrikets tid. År 262 e. Kr. skadades dock helgedomen i en jordbävning och tycks inte ha återhämtat sig. Det har varit föremål för omfattande utgrävningar från 1973. (sv)
- The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya is located on a coastal plateau of Libya, beyond the boundaries of the city (extramural). In approximately 630 BC Greeks from the island of Thera colonized Cyrene. Other Greek colonists not long after increased the population, thus transforming Cyrene into what was regarded as both the largest and wealthiest Greek colony of North Africa. Archaeological excavations of Cyrene's Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone, also known as Kore, daughter of Demeter and legendary Queen of the Underworld and consort of Hades, began in 1969 under the sponsorship of the University of Michigan. Between 1973 and 1981 the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology continued the excavations at Cyrene under the d (en)
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- Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya (en)
- Demeters och Persefones helgedom i Kyrene (sv)
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