Leptis Magna

Roman theater. Leptis Magna, also spelled Lepcis Magna, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa in the Tripolitania region of Libya. Understand In 1994 a new excavation of part of the site was started by a team of professional archaeologists from a variety of academic and research institutes around the United Kingdom. Led by Dr. Hafed Walda of Kings College London, and sponsored by the Society for Libyan Studies (established as a British Institute Abroad in 1969 and based at the Institute of Archaeology in London), this team has been conducting excavations of a building by the theatre for two seasons. Supposed to be the largest of the Roman Ruins in Libya, it is also called Lubda in Arabic. Get in Get around See Arch of Septimius Severus. This beautiful monument was erected in 203 AD to honor emperor Septimius Severus who was born in Leptis Magna.  edit Amphitheatre.  edit Hadrian's Baths.  edit Basilica of Severus.  edit Do Get a guide. The information at the site is limited. Buy Eat Drink Drinks only available at the entrance and not in the extensive site so stock up on the way in. Sleep Get out This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!