The Roman Theater (the semi-circular theater) in the city of Greater Libda in Libya and ways to invest it in tourism

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Faculty member in the Department of Conservation and Restoration and Head of Tourism Guidance Department, Faculty of Archeology and Tourism - Al-Marqab University - Al Khums

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Archaeological buildings are considered to be as one of the most important aspects of any cultural heritage. Architecture also is considered to be in a headlong of the cultural milestone and substantial, which expresses the reality of civilization, through their ancient monuments and ruined cities. For instance, Leptis Magna is one of the three famous old Roman cities in Tripoli region, which is also known as Tripolitania (Leptis Magna, Tripoli nowadays and Sobrata). These cities are the largest and the greatest in North Africa; moreover, they are the most essential ones that established by the Phoenicians earlier as a commercial stations as a result of their crucial location. These cities located on the cost of the Mediterranean Sea and they are considered as a significant connection between the East and the West of the Mediterranean. Besides, these steps face Italy and Sicily on the north cost of this sea which makes it easy to connect them with the tribes' roads in order to controls the movement of its trains that goes deep in south of the African desert. In 1920, diggings and excavations started in Leptis Magna. This great old city contains
many different significant ruins that made it one of the most important ancient cities in Libya. Also, the Roman theatre is considered as one of the important cites of this Roman city. It plays an essential role in local and international tourism. This research deals with the archaeological importance of this cite through an infield study to it as well as an in depth study of its history and developments. Also, this project covers all the amendments on all the parts of this mentioned theatre. This research discusses in details how these ancient parts of theater participates in the process of improving tourism and it gives a deep look on theatre' parts that are in heed of repairing. Further, this study sheds light on how to get benefit of these repaired parts and how to use them again with the same old role.

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