Morocco

  • Sijilmassa

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    Sijilmassa Sijilmasa, Sid̲j̲ilmāsa, Historical name: Sijilmassa Arabic name: سجلماسة Berber name: ⵙⵉⵊⵉⵍⵎⴰⵙⴰ Most interesting features: – massive walls made of packed earth – Alaouite-period mosque and Quranic school – Alaouite-period settlement History of research: Dates of PCMA expedition’s work: 2024– Type of research: excavations, survey Directors: Lahcen Taouchikht (Institut Nationale des Sciences de l’Archéologie et […]

  • Zegota, Volubilis region

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    Zegota, Volubilis region Most interesting finds: Denarius of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene, (kings of Mauritania); Trajan’s denarius; Hadrian’s as; An iron pilum spearhead; Several iron nails from military sandals; Fragments of Corbridge-type banded armour (lorica segmentata); Ceramics of the sigillata hispanica type; Architectural relics that are the remains of two phases of a Roman outpost on […]