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The pyramid of Madghacen
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. Ibn Khaldun said: Madghis is an ancestor of the Berbers of the branch Botr Zenata, Banu Ifran, Maghrawa (Aimgharen) , Merinid, Zianid, Wattasid dynasty, Sanhadja, 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, 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"
- ^ http://books.google.fr/books?id=q44cAAAAMAAJ&q=madghis&dq=madghis&pgis=1 Ibn Khaldun
- ^ Ibn Khaldoun, History of the Berbers
- ^ Gautier, É. F. (1937)
- ^ ICOMOS Heritage at Risk 2006/2007
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 Lire en ligne.
- Yvon Thébert & Filippo Coarelli, « Architecture funéraire et pouvoir : réflexions sur l'hellénisme numide », Lire en ligne
- Serge Lancel, L'Algérie antique, édition Mengès, Paris 2003.
Coordinates: 35°42′26″N 6°26′04″E / 35.707275°N 6.434523°E
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Algeria
- Mausoleums
- History of Algeria
- Berber
- Zenata
- Berber mythology
- Algerian building and structure stubs
- Algeria stubs
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