Madghacen
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The pyramid of Madghacen
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| Location | Algeria |
| Affiliation | Berber |
| Province | Batna |
| District | Batna |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | open |
Madghacen or Medracen or Medghassen or Madghis also spelled Imadghassen, correct berber spelling imedghasen is a royal mausoleum-temple of the Berber Numidian Kings which stands near Batna city in Aurasius Mons in Numidia - Algeria.[1]
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History
Madghis was a king [2][3] of independent kingdoms of the Numidia, between 300 to 200 BC Near the time of neighbor King Masinissa and their earliest Roman contacts. Ibn Khaldun said: Madghis is an ancestor of the Berbers of the branch Botr Zenata, Banu Ifran, Maghrawa (Aimgharen), Merinid, Zianid, Wattasid dynasty etc.,[4][5]
Threats
As ICOMOS noted in their 2006/2007 Heritage at Risk report, the mausoleum has become "the victim of major 'repair work' without respect for the value of th[e] monument and its authenticity."[6] See detailed pictures at the ICOMOS link below.
References
- ↑ Ibn Khaldun and yassine bouharrou , History of the Berbers
- ↑ Gautier, É. F. (1937) Le passé de l'Afrique du Nord: les siècles obscurs. Paris: Payot. "En grande partie une réédition mise à jour [de] L'islamisation de l'Afrique du Nord: les siècles obscurs du Maghreb, paru en 1927"
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- ↑ Ibn Khaldoun, History of the Berbers
- ↑ Gautier, É. F. (1937)
- ↑ ALGERIA Mausoleum of Medracen in Danger
Further reading
- Gabriel Camps, « Nouvelles observations sur l'architecture et l'âge du Medracen, mausolée royal de Numidie », CRAI, 1973, 117-3, p. 470-517 [1].
- Yvon Thébert & Filippo Coarelli, « Architecture funéraire et pouvoir : réflexions sur l'hellénisme numide », MEFRA, Année 1988 [2]
- Serge Lancel, L'Algérie antique, édition Mengès, Paris 2003.
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