Lixus

• The Archeological site of Lixus is an ancient city located next to the modern port city of Larache in Morocco. The site has been continuously inhabited since it was founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th-7th century BCE.
• The Roman port of Lixus was in the Province of Mauretania Tingitana. Lixus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Site of the Temples Quarter of Lixus

• The city and its buildings are divided into five main construction Periods:
  • Phoenician Period (8-7th century BCE)
  • Punic-Mauritanian Period (4th-3rd century BCE)
  • Mauritanian Period (3rd-2nd century BCE)
  • Roman Period (40 CE-5th century CE)
  • Medieval Period (12th-14th century CE)

Museums

• Kasbah Museum, Tangier
  • Located at Place de la Kasbah, Tangier.
  • (Note, this Museum now holds the Finds of Lixus from the Larache Archeological Museum).
  • The Kasbah Museum holds collections covering all periods of Morocco’s history, including Finds from Roman Lixus and Volubilis.

Roman Roads

• North African Roman Road
  • Rabat-Lixus-Tangier to Egypt

Lixus, Larache