Madghacen

Local nameMedracen
LocationBoumia, Algeria

Madghacen, also spelled Medracen or Medghassen or Medrassen or Madghis is a royal mausoleum-temple of the Berber Numidian Kings which stands near Batna city in Aurasius Mons in Numidia, Algeria.

Though independent, the Numidian kingdom was increasingly involved in Mediterranean power politics, and an architect familiar with classical architecture has surrounded the vertical section of wall at the base with engaged columns in the Doric order, "heavily proportioned and with smooth shafts, beneath a cavetto cornice". The whole exterior was, and very largely still is, covered with a stone facing, the straight cone of the upper part formed into steps, like the Pyramids of Egypt.

Tags Archaeological Site
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Mausolée des Rois… @ Credits to Reda Kerbush / Wikimedia Commons
 

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madghacen

Coordinates 35°42'25.448" N 6°26'4.715" E

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