Download or read book The Southern Necropolis of Cyrene written by Luca Cherstich and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes ancient tombs in Eastern Libya, from the Archaic phase to Late Roman times. Despite plundering, these ornate structures reveal funerary competition, spatial organization, and lost rituals. The book reconstructs the social history of ancient Cyreneans through their ostentatious funerary culture.