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