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http://www.cambridge.org/us/talbert/talbertdatabase/TPPlace347.html

https://topostext.org/place/328219PCyr

Variant names

• شحات (Arabic)
• Cirene (Italian)
• Claudiopolis (Latin)
• Cyrena
• Cyrene (Latin)
• Cyrenis col. (Latin)
• Grennah
• Grenne
• Grenuah
• Gureine
• Kyrene
• Sciahhát
• Shahat
• Shahhat
• Κλαυδιόπολις (Ancient Greek)
• Κυρήνη (Ancient Greek)
• קירנה
• 昔兰尼

Feature type(s)

Settlement

Relationships with other locations

Parent features

• Cyrene forms part of Al Jabal al Akhdar
• Cyrene forms part of Cyrenaica (Kenrick)
• Cyrene forms part of Cyrenaica (Reynolds)
• Cyrene on (road/linear feature) Cyrene to Apollonia, road
• Cyrene on (road/linear feature) Cyrene to Ptolemais, road
• Cyrene forms part of Hexapolis (administrative area)
• Cyrene forms part of Libya Superior (Late Antiquity)
• Cyrene on (road/linear feature) Massah to Cyrene, road
• Cyrene forms part of Pentapolis (administrative area)
• Cyrene forms part of Pentapolis (episcopal diocese)
• Cyrene on (road/linear feature) Road, Cyrene to Beida

Child features

The locations below are contained within Cyrene

• Acropolis ridge, Cyrene
• Beyond the city walls, Cyrene
• Cave of the Nymphs, Cyrene
• Central Quarter, Cyrene
• City Wall, Cyrene CHECK
• Cyrene Museum
• Mid-Roman defences, Cyrene
• North-East quarter, Cyrene
• Outer environs of Cyrene (Kenrick)
• Piazza Ghebab, Cyrene
• Sanctuary of Apollo, Cyrene
• Street of Battos, Cyrene
• Valley Street, Cyrene
• Wadi bel Ghadir, Cyrene

Related catalogue entries

• "Cyrene and Apollonia: An Historical Guide" by Richard Goodchild, SLS Archive
• Ain Wif-Gebel Nefusa, SLS Archive
• Cyrene, SLS Archive
• Notebook Pertaining to Various Libyan Archaeological Sites., SLS Archive
• Report on the Expedition to Apollonia by R.A.F. Laarbruch Sub-Aqua Club 12 - 19 October 1961., SLS Archive
• "Cyrene and Apollonia: An Historical Guide", by Richard Goodchild, SLS Archive
• Sheila Gibson Cyrene Drawings., SLS Archive
• John A. Allen Photographs of Cyrene., SLS Archive
• Miscellaneous Records from the Newcastle Archive., SLS Archive
• Cambridge Cyrenaican Expedition 1963., SLS Archive
• Colonel Hanmer Warrington's discoveries at Grenna (Cyrene) in 1827: contents list, SLS Archive
• 'Faculty of Art Cache': inventory of Rowe and Burney's possessions, SLS Archive
• 'Reconstructing Alan Rowe's Lost Cyrenaican Archaeology', SLS Archive
• 'Photographic list of tomb views in Cyrene. Dept. of Ant.', SLS Archive
• Scrapbook of storage packaging materials (containers), SLS Archive
• 'Persephone with Red Hair: Expedition's discoveries among the sarcophagi of Cyrene', SLS Archive
• 'Faceless goddess from Cyrene: Manchester Expedition finds head of Libyan Persephone', SLS Archive
• 'Manchester University Museum': photographs, SLS Archive
• Glass Lecture Slides, SLS Archive
• Alan Rowe correspondence, SLS Archive
• Richard Goodchild correspondence, SLS Archive
• 1955- 1956 Season photographs, SLS Archive
• 'Reconstucting Alan Rowe's Lost Cyrenaican Archaeology', SLS Archive
• 'Some details on the life of Olga Serafina Rowe (1905-1958)', SLS Archive
• 'Rowe's Cyrenaican Expeditions: my recording of Rowe's tombs in 1989-1998' scrapbook album, SLS Archive
• 'Carols in Cyrene', SLS Archive
• Cyrene fieldwork, SLS Archive
• 'Cyrene 1957 Season': Catalogue list, SLS Archive
• 'Rowe's excavations in the Necropolis of Cyrene 1957', SLS Archive
• Photographic film stills, SLS Archive
• 1956 Expedition, SLS Archive
• 1955 Expedition, SLS Archive
• Cyrene, SLS Archive
• 'Rowe's 1952 Photographic Record', SLS Archive
• Cyrene fieldwork negatives - file two, SLS Archive
• Cyrene fieldwork negatives - file one, SLS Archive
• Rowe II Photographs, SLS Archive
• Team members excavating in Cyrene, SLS Archive
• Excavation in Cyrene - group photograph, SLS Archive
• 'Rock Cut Tomb. N.241 (M.7)', SLS Archive
• Excavated finds in Cyrene, SLS Archive
• Cyrene excavation sites, SLS Archive
• Photographs, SLS Archive
• File Three, SLS Archive
• File Two, SLS Archive
• File One, SLS Archive
• File Eight, SLS Archive
• File Seven, SLS Archive
• File Six, SLS Archive
• File Five, SLS Archive
• File Four, SLS Archive
• File Three, SLS Archive
• File Two, SLS Archive
• File One, SLS Archive
• Alan Rowe Papers, SLS Archive
• 'Stranger in a Strange Land: The untold story of the 1909 Bates Expedition to Cyrene', SLS Archive
• 'The Cemeteries of Cyrene', SLS Archive
• 'Cyrene: Excavations, discoveries, medical work, items of current interest', SLS Archive
• Secondary material, SLS Archive
• The murder of Herbert De Cou, SLS Archive
• 'Cyrene material in the files of the Classical Department, MFA', SLS Archive
• The excavations of Richard Norton in Cyrene, SLS Archive
• Norton and Boston Archive, SLS Archive
• Aerial view photograph of the necropolis in Cyrene, SLS Archive
• Huntings Aerial Survey, SLS Archive
• Research notes, SLS Archive
• Richard Goodchild's correspondence (photocopies), SLS Archive
• Excavated sites, SLS Archive
• Photographs, SLS Archive
• Rowe's Expedition Cyrene 1957: List of Finds, SLS Archive
• Rowe's Expedition Cyrene 1956: List of Finds, SLS Archive
• Rowe's Expedition Cyrene 1955: List of Finds, SLS Archive
• Photographs, SLS Archive
• 'Persephone with Red Hair: Expedition's discoveries among the sarcophagi of Cyrene'' - Manchester Gu, SLS Archive
• 'With compliments, David Dixon', SLS Archive
• Excavation notes on Cyrene expeditions 1956/1957, SLS Archive
• Research notes, SLS Archive
• David Dixon Papers, SLS Archive
• Cyrene photographs, SLS Archive
• Rowe's Exhibition of 1958, SLS Archive
• Manchester Museum displays and exhibitions, SLS Archive
• 'Frank Jowett's 1947 notebook giving locations for his photographs', SLS Archive
• Cyrene photographs - transparent envelope, SLS Archive
• Cyrene photographs - coloured envelope, SLS Archive
• Small black photograph album - file two, SLS Archive
• Small black photograph album - file one, SLS Archive
• Cyrene photographs - Small black album, SLS Archive
• 'Cyrene and Ancient Cyrenaica: A Guide Book', SLS Archive
• Manuscript research notes and photocopies, SLS Archive
• Frank Jowett Papers, SLS Archive
• Cyrenaican Expedition site photographs, SLS Archive
• Photocopies of Plates from Cyrenaican Expedition., SLS Archive
• Film Thirteen., SLS Archive
• Film Ten., SLS Archive
• Film Nine., SLS Archive
• Film Three., SLS Archive
• Film Two., SLS Archive
• Film One., SLS Archive
• List of Derek Buttle's Prints., SLS Archive
• Photographs, SLS Archive
• Photocopies of Buttle's plates from thesis, with Thorn's accompanied manuscript notes, SLS Archive
• Photocopied plates from Buttle's thesis, SLS Archive
• Photocopied pages of plates from Buttle's thesis 'The Greek and Roman Architecture of Cyrene', SLS Archive
• The Greek and Roman architecture of Cyrene - Buttle's thesis (photocopy), SLS Archive
• The Greek and Roman architecture of Cyrene - Buttle's thesis(photocopy), SLS Archive
• The Greek and Roman architecture of Cyrene - First 43 pages of Buttle's thesis (photocopy), SLS Archive
• Letter from Buttle to Thorn., SLS Archive
• "Photocopy of pages from Buttle's Octavo Notebook"., SLS Archive
• Cyrene Expedition notebooks, SLS Archive
• Derek Buttle Papers., SLS Archive
• Negative Prints of Cyrene Tombs., SLS Archive
• Excavation Photographs of Tombs at Cyrene., SLS Archive
• Expedition Photographs of Cyrene and Other Cyrenaican Sites., SLS Archive
• Draft Figures and Plates for Publication., SLS Archive
• Plate XIII., SLS Archive
• Plate XI., SLS Archive
• Figures and Plates for "The Cemetaries of Cyreneaica"., SLS Archive
• Cassels Photograph Number 197., SLS Archive
• Photocopies of Photographs of Artifacts found by Rowe in 1952., SLS Archive
• Photocopied Records., SLS Archive
• Bibliographical Notes on Cyrene and Cyrenaica., SLS Archive
• Cyrene Expedition Notebooks., SLS Archive
• Letter from the British School at Rome Library to Thorn Regarding Records Relating to Cassels' Work , SLS Archive
• Letter from John Ward Perkins to Cassels Concerning Photographic Plates., SLS Archive
• Letter from Rowe to Cassels Concerning the Dating of Cyrene Tombs., SLS Archive
• Annotated maps of Cyrene (photocopies), SLS Archive
• 'A visit to Cyrene in 1895', SLS Archive
• Manuscript and Typescript research notes relating to Herbert Weld-Blundell, SLS Archive
• Various, SLS Archive
• Aerial Survey, 1949., SLS Archive
• African Expedition, 1968., SLS Archive
• Libya Expedition, 1968., SLS Archive
• Christian Monuments Other than Central Churches., SLS Archive
• Central Church., SLS Archive
• James and Dorothy Thorn: Report on Work Carried out in Cyrene in 1998., SLS Archive
• Report on Fieldwork in Libya, September 1992., SLS Archive
• Mr Thorn's Report to Council, 24 October 1990., SLS Archive
• Report on Fieldwork in Libya, 15 August - 1 September 1990., SLS Archive
• Society Correspondence, 1993., SLS Archive
• The Ancient Field Systems of Cyrene, Sheet Four, 1973 Revision., SLS Archive
• The Ancient Field Systems of Cyrene, Sheet Three, 1973 Revision., SLS Archive
• The Ancient Field Systems of Cyrene, Sheet Two, 1973 Revision., SLS Archive
• The Ancient Field Systems of Cyrene, Sheet One, [1973] Revision., SLS Archive
• The Ancient Field Systems of Cyrene, 1973 Revisions., SLS Archive
• The Ancient Field Systems of Cyrene, Sheet Four., SLS Archive
• The Ancient Field Systems of Cyrene, Sheet Three., SLS Archive
• The Ancient Field Systems of Cyrene, Sheet Two., SLS Archive
• The Ancient Field Systems of Cyrene, Sheet One., SLS Archive
• The Ancient Field Systems of Cyrene., SLS Archive
• "Cyrene" (II), SLS Archive
• "Libya: Journey - Malta; Arrival Benghazi and Journey", SLS Archive
• Photograph shows a stone olive press., SLS Archive
• Cyrenaica Photographs, File Six., SLS Archive
• Photograph shows two men and a woman sitting on the steps of an ancient theatre, [possibly Cyrene?]., SLS Archive
• Photograph shows two people standing among ruins at Cyrene. There are pillars and pilasters in the f, SLS Archive
• Photograph shows building with Doric columns, Cyrene, Four people can be seen in the distance, betwe, SLS Archive
• Photograph shows wide-shot of a woman standing in an ancient theatre [possibly Cyrene?]., SLS Archive
• Photograph shows marble statues in a museum, [possibly Cyrene?]., SLS Archive
• Martyn and Audrey Webb Papers., SLS Archive
• SEM Analysis for Italian, Spanish and Other Amphorae., SLS Archive
• Notes Relating to Coarse Ware of Cyrenaica Photographs., SLS Archive
• Negatives., SLS Archive
• "Coarse Ware of Cyenaica"., SLS Archive
• Photographs., SLS Archive
• Cyrene Stamp Rubbings., SLS Archive
• Miscellaneous Documents., SLS Archive
• Thin Sections from Cyrene and Euresperides., SLS Archive
• Index of Benghazi and Cyrene Coarseware and Tile Fragments., SLS Archive
• Index of Cyrenaican Pottery Fragments., SLS Archive
• "Imported Grain Mills at Cyrene"., SLS Archive
• Number Correlations of Cyrenaican Fabrics., SLS Archive
• Donald White Correspondence., SLS Archive
• 1979, SLS Archive
• John Riley Papers., SLS Archive
• Cyrenaican Slides., SLS Archive
• Cyrene Field Systems., SLS Archive
• Notes and Sketches of a Variety of Libyan Sites., SLS Archive
• Other Site Files., SLS Archive
• Basilica Vetus and Curia., SLS Archive
• Notes on the Ancient Cities of Cyrenaica by Major John B. Ward Perkins., SLS Archive
• Statue of Alexander the Great., SLS Archive
• Postcards., SLS Archive
• Naval Monument at Cyrene., SLS Archive
• General Plan of Cyrenaica., SLS Archive
• Plan of Lower Area of Cyrene., SLS Archive
• General Plan of Cyrene., SLS Archive
• Maps and Plans., SLS Archive
• Photographic Slides., SLS Archive
• "Ware Fragments, Cyrene"., SLS Archive
• Negatives., SLS Archive
• "Cyrene, Etc.", SLS Archive
• Photographs., SLS Archive
• Draft Leaflet, "Greek and Roman Cyrene"., SLS Archive
• Notebook, "Cyrene Guide (Draft)"., SLS Archive
• Cedric N. Johns Papers., SLS Archive
• "Some Important Information About Who Drew What in [North] Africa.", SLS Archive
• "Cyrenaica - 1971"., SLS Archive
• "Cyrenaica Expedition, July - August 1955"., SLS Archive
• Excavation at Cyrene, 1911., SLS Archive
• Cyrenaica Photographs, A5., SLS Archive
• Cyrenaica Photographs, A1., SLS Archive
• General Cyrenaica Photographs., SLS Archive
• Cuttings Concerning Ancient Sites in Libya and North Africa., SLS Archive
• Maps and Plans., SLS Archive
• Newspaper Cutting, 'Among Ruins of Ancient Cyrene - A Boston Man's Big Work'., SLS Archive
• Report of Cyrene Expedition, April 1911., SLS Archive
• Notes on the Murder of Herbert Fletcher de Cou at Cyrene, 11 March 1911., SLS Archive
• American Archaeological Expedition at Cyrene, 11 March 1911., SLS Archive
• Articles and Papers., SLS Archive
• Cyrene Museum Catalogue., SLS Archive
• Expedition Notes., SLS Archive
• Cyrene Expeditions., SLS Archive
• Discoveries at Cyrene and Apollonia, 1913 - 1966., SLS Archive