Old Coins

  VOLUBILS      MOROCCO                         A very long history The history of Volubilis covers more than ten centuries,the first core of the city,dated from the 2 nd century BC,equipped with a regular plan an perhaps an enclosure,extends over twelve hectares,it belongs then to the kingdom of Mauritania,but the vestiges of this period were most often destroyed or covered, After the assassaination of king Ptolemy  And the annexation of the kingdom by the Roman Empire in 40 AD. The city elevated to the rank of municipality has an important extention .During the reign of Marcus Aurelius  168-169  AD New urban enclosure encompasses forty hectares. In the 2 nd and  3 rd century,the monumental quarter is reorganized and a triumphal arch is erected in honor of Emperor Caracalla his mother Julia Which exempts the inhabitants from taxe,and enjoy full citizenship like Roma. About  285 after D-C the administration and the Roman army leave

    VOLUBILIS        MOROCCO     THE PEOPLE WERE HERE Residents and Volubilis were here about  10000   people in that era,he left his mark in all areas,they wrote their history in golden letters,they make beautiful things,they left everything here,demolished and destroyed bye the enmies of human civilization,

    VOLUBILIS       MOROCCO    PINS OF THE BONE  A great people lived here,they were working hard before they were caught up in time,the sand from the east crawls alongs them. They made their clothes beautiful buttons witness to their elegance. Handle in the form of lioness,of bone. Pin in the form of dolphin,of bone A needle of bone Buttons of bone

 VOLUBILIS     VOLUBILIS   From the Mauretanian to the Roman period. The votive stelae temple B These stelse whose number exceeds 900 weer filed by the faithful in the city on the left bank of the wadi Fertassa near the southeast corner of the pregnant . The steles are low relief and engravings depicting characters standing in performing a religious act likely with occasional offerings in hands. Sandstone

VOLUBILIS        MOROCCO   Great people lived here  As if the earth swallowed them up,only their memories remained ,their   culture is buried their city has become a ruin. Sculpted head of  a women  White marbre Sculpted head of a girl White marbre Head of a young Man Bronze

 MOROCCO VOLUBILIS  ROMAIN PERIOD The right arm of a bronze statue Mosaic of  the Triton  Mosaic of Medusa

VOLUBILIS MOROCCO   ROMAIN PERIOD The city of Volubilis adopted bread as one of the sources of nutrition, Some bread machines still witness this period.   Millstones for grinding grain of basalt. A mixing bowl of limstone.