نماذج من المقابر الأثرية بإقليم المدن الثلاث في ليبيا (لبدة الكبرى-أويا-صبراتة)‎ خلال العهدين البونيقي و الروماني

Abstract EN

Human societies have known since their inception many ways to get rid of dead bodies in light of the beliefs that they believed, and these methods ranged from preserving the body after ensuring that they were preserved in its shape by using, for example, embalming or burning it, but the most common method throughout the stages of human history was burial.

The study of cemeteries and tombs in general, (whether public or private), is an important topic in archaeological, historical and anthropological studies, as the researcher increases knowledge of society and brings it closer to the perception of life in that period in order to clarify the subtleties and evoke the past more accurately in all aspects of daily life, in order to give a complete picture in all Dimensions and details of that past The discovery of large numbers of locally manufactured archaeological finds (especially local pottery) among the contents of the tombs of the dead in the territory of the three cities in Libya (Leptis Magna - Oea - Sabratha) indicates the prosperity of the region’s economy through trade and ports, and gives another important possibility for the spread of local pottery workshops more than It is discovered.

The researcher preferred to study the archaeological tombs scattered in the territory of the three cities (during the Punic and Roman ages), because he believed that, these tombs are one of the most important evidence that helps to discover the history of the region during these two historical periods.