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  2. Volubilis - Wikipedia

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    The French programme of excavation at Volubilis and other sites in French-controlled North Africa (in Algeria and Tunisia) had a strong ideological component. Archaeology at Roman sites was used as an instrument of colonialist policy, to make a connection between the ancient Roman past and the new "Latin" societies that the French were building ...

  3. List of World Heritage Sites in Morocco - Wikipedia

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    Archaeological site of Volubilis: Fès-Meknès: 1997 836bis; ii, iii, iv, vi (cultural) Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BCE as the capital of Mauretania. It was then an important Roman outpost and in the 8th century briefly the capital of the Idrisid dynasty. Afterwards, the site was not occupied for nearly a thousand years.

  4. List of archaeological sites by country - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable archaeological sites sorted by country and territories. Afghanistan. Aï Khānum ... Volubilis; Thamusida; Iulia Valentia Banasa; Sala ...

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in North Africa - Wikipedia

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    Archaeological Site of Volubilis: Meknes, Morocco. Cultural:MorArc (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi) 42 (100) 1997 The important Roman outpost of Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BCE to become the capital of Mauretania. It contained many buildings, the remains of which have survived extensively to this day.

  6. Tocolsida - Wikipedia

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    Tocolsida is a site in modern Morocco, [1] with the remains of an ancient castra from the Roman Province of Mauretania Tingitana, Roman Empire. [2] [3] [4] [5]The site is on the Wadi Rdem in the foot hills of the Atlas Mountains, south of Roman Volubilis. [6]

  7. List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription - Wikipedia

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    Archaeological Site of Volubilis: Cultural: 836: Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin) Cultural: 837 Nepal: Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha: Cultural: 666 Netherlands: Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout: Cultural: 818 Netherlands ( Curaçao) (F) Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao: Cultural: 819 ...

  8. World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme - Wikipedia

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    Archaeological Site of Carthage; Archaeological Site of Volubilis; Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes; Asante Traditional Buildings; Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah; Bahla Fort; Bam and its Cultural Landscape; Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba; Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area; Cahokia Mounds ...

  9. Capitoline Temple - Wikipedia

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    C. Michael Hogan, Volubilis, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham (2007) Barnaby Rogerson (2000} Marrakesh, Fez and Rabat , New Holland Publishers, 290 pages ISBN 1-86011-973-5 This article about a building or structure in Morocco is a stub .