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The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania is a funerary monument located on the road between Cherchell and Algiers, in Tipaza Province, Algeria. The mausoleum is the tomb where the Numidian Berber King Juba II (son of Juba I of Numidia) and the Queen Cleopatra Selene II, sovereigns of Numidia and Mauretania Caesariensis, were allegedly buried. However ...
The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, a tomb of Cleopatra Selene II and Juba II in Tipaza, Algeria. The couple ruled Mauretania for almost two decades until Cleopatra's death at the age of 35. Controversy surrounds her exact date of death. The following epigram by Greek epigrammatist Crinagoras of Mytilene is considered to be her eulogy: [13]
This nomination comprises four mausolea from 3rd to 1st centuries BCE that were built for rulers of Numidia and Mauretania (the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, which is already listed as a World Heritage Site with Tipasa, tomb of Masinissa in El Khroub, pictured, Madghacen, and the Mausoleum of Beni-Rhénane), and the tombs from the 5th and 6th ...
Caesarea in Mauretania (Latin: Caesarea Mauretaniae, meaning "Caesarea of Mauretania") was a Roman colony in Roman-Berber North Africa. [1] It was the capital of Mauretania Caesariensis [2] and is now called Cherchell, in modern Algeria. In the present time Caesarea is used as a titular see for Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bishops.
Pages in category "Mausoleums in Algeria" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania; S. Sidi Khaled Mosque
Madghacen (Berber languages: imedɣasen), also spelled Medracen or Medghassen or Medrassen or Madghis is a royal mausoleum-temple of the Berber Numidian Kings which stands near Batna city in Aurasius Mons in Numidia, Algeria.
Tipasa, sometimes distinguished as Tipasa in Mauretania, was a colonia in the Roman province Mauretania Caesariensis, nowadays called Tipaza, and located in coastal central Algeria. Since 1982, [ 1 ] it has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site .
These monuments consist of tombs, tumuli and sanctuaries. Some examples of these structures are the mausoleum of Thugga, the tomb of Beni Rhenane, a tomb at Henchur Burgu in Djerba as well as two tumulus tombs known as the Madghacen and the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania. [31] There are also altars that were built at Simitthus and Kbor Klib. All ...