Lixus (ancient city)

Lixus
ليكسوس (Arabic)
	Lixus location on the map
Alternative name	Choumis / Tchoumis / Choumich
Location	Larache, Larache Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
Region	Morocco
Coordinates	35°12′3″N 06°05′55″W / 35.20083°N 6.09861°W
Type	Settlement
History
Founded	7th century BC
Periods	Phoenician, Punic-Mauretanian, Roman
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Archaeological site of Lixus (Tentative)
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iii, iv
Added to Tentative List	1995
Region	North African States

Lixus (Berber : ⵍⵓⴽⵓⵙ) is an ancient city founded by Phoenicians (8th–7th century BC) before the city of Carthage.^[1] Its distinguishing feature is that it was continuously occupied from antiquity to the Islamic Era, and has ruins dating to the Phoenician (8th–6th centuries BC), Punic (5th–3rd centuries BC), Mauretanian (2nd century BC–AD 50), Roman (AD 50–6th century AD) and Islamic (12th–15th centuries AD) periods.^[2]^[3]

^ Tarradell, M (1959). " Lixus, Historia de la Ciudad. Guía de las ruinas y de la sección de Lixus del Museo Arqueológico de Tetuán, Instituto Muley El-Hasan, Tetuan. ".
^ Strabon (2003). "Géographie, Les Belles Lettres", Paris, .
^ Adeline, Pichot (2010). " Les édifices de spectacle des Maurétanies romaines ".

[:6-1] Tarradell, M (1959). " Lixus, Historia de la Ciudad. Guía de las ruinas y de la sección de Lixus del Museo Arqueológico de Tetuán, Instituto Muley El-Hasan, Tetuan. ".

[2] Strabon (2003). "Géographie, Les Belles Lettres", Paris, .

[:0-3] Adeline, Pichot (2010). " Les édifices de spectacle des Maurétanies romaines ".

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