Bani Walid

Bani Walid (Banu Walid, Bin Ulid, etc.) is a town in Libya that became notorious during the Libyan Civil War as one of the strongholds of the Khadaffi clan.

There is a medieval cemetery that is used as a garbage dump; the tomb of the local Muslim saint is surrounded by a roundabout. The town also has a little museum, run by one man, with a splendid collection of objects from Lepcis Magna, Oea (modern Tripoli), Ghirza, and several locations along the nearby wadis. The objects are all in a Roman-Libyan style. The visitor will find the museum east of the only hotel in the city - if it still exists.

This museum was visited in 2006, 2008.

14 pictures related to this museum

Wadi Marcit, Tomb	Ghirza, Mausoleum South F	Ghirza, Mausoleum South F, fish	Ghanafes, Tomb of Annosay ben Masana
Bani Walid, Relief of a man climbing a palm tree	Oil amphora ("Tripolitanian II") from Casa Guetta (Oea)	Ghirza, Mausoleum South F, arch	Wadi Migdal, Relief of two mourners
Ghirza, Mausoleum South F, arch	Qasr Banat, Funerary inscription	Bir Tarsin, Neo-Punic funeral monument	Wadi Antar, Portraits of a man and woman
Wadi al-Binya, Relief of a dromedary plowing the land	Wadi Galboon, Tomb