page_title: Olbia, Libya
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Olbia, Libya / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Mosaic Lighthouse of Alexandria: was found in the Qasr Libya in Libya, which was known by several names including history and Olbia Theodorias, This is a painting that was left over to show the form of lighthouse after the quake, which destroyed the lighthouse. العربية: فسيفساء منارة الإسكندرية القديمة&#160;: تم العثور عليها في منطقة قصر ليبيا في ليبيا التي كانت تعرف تاريخاً بعدة أسماء منها أولبيا Olbia و ثيودورياس Theodorias ، وتعتبر هذه اللوحة التي تبقت لتوضح شكل المنارة بعد الزلزال الذي دمر المنارة ـ عليها تمثال هليوس (إله الشمس).
context_page_description: Olbia or Theodorias was a Roman / Byzantine town between Marj and Bayda in the Cyrenaica region of modern Libya. Olbia is now mostly the archaeological site. The location's modern name is Qasr Libya, after the Islamic period castle on the site and Libya or Lebia as a corruption of the ancient name Olbia.
context_section_description: After destruction by the Vandals and incursions by Laguatan (Lwatae) nomads, it was refounded in 539 CE as Polis Nea Theodorias by the Byzantine empress Theodora.
  All that remains of the town are two Byzantine churches. One is integrated into the Qasr, which now houses the Qasr Libya Museum. The other church was excavated by Richard Goodchild in the mid 1950s.
  Only the floor plan remains, but fifty beautiful mosaic panels depicting the known world and the refoundation and adornment of the city by Theodora are on display in the museum. In one of these, two mosaics reveal the names of Macario and Teodoro bishops, the latter being qualified as a "new bishop," presumably Macario's successor.
caption: Mosaic ancient lighthouse of Alexandria in Olbia, Libya
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