Lixus

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Lixus was an ancient Phoenician (and later Carthaginian and Roman) coastal city in present-day Morocco, known as one of the oldest settlements in Northwest Africa and a key center of Mediterranean trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Carthaginian colony
Phoenician colony
Roman city
ancient city
archaeological site
associatedWith myth of Hercules
myth of the Garden of the Hesperides
connectedBy maritime trade routes in the Mediterranean
trade routes along Atlantic Africa
country Morocco
culture Punic (Carthaginian) people
surface form: Carthaginian

Phoenician
Roman
declinePeriod Late Antiquity
economicActivity fish-salting
garum production
purple dye production
excavatedBy archaeologists from France
archaeologists from Morocco
foundedBy Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenicians
foundedInCentury 12th century BC
7th century BC
hasFeature Roman baths
acropolis
amphitheatre
industrial quarter
mosaics
sanctuaries
temple district
heritageStatus tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site
languageInUse Latin
Punic (Carthaginian) people
surface form: Punic
locatedIn present-day Morocco
locatedInRegion Northwest Africa
locatedNear Larache
locatedOn Atlantic coast
locatedOnRiver Loukkos River
nearbyModernCity Larache
oneOf oldest settlements in Northwest Africa
partOf Mauretania (ancient kingdom)
surface form: ancient Mauretania Tingitana
peakPeriod Roman Imperial period
religionPracticed Phoenician religion
Roman paganism
underControlOf Carthage
Mauretania (ancient kingdom)
surface form: Mauretania Tingitana (Roman province)

Phoenician civilization
Roman Empire
usedFor Atlantic trade
Mediterranean trade

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