Madghacen

Madghacen

Pyramid at Madghacen
Location in Algeria
Shown within Algeria
Location Batna Province, Algeria
Region Numidia
Coordinates 35°42′26″N 6°26′04″E / 35.70722°N 6.43444°E / 35.70722; 6.43444Coordinates: 35°42′26″N 6°26′04″E / 35.70722°N 6.43444°E / 35.70722; 6.43444

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]

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

  1. ↑ Ibn Khaldun and yassine bouharrou , History of the Berbers
  2. ↑ 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"
  3. ↑ "Le passщ de l'Afrique du Nord: les siшcles obscurs - ╔mile Fщlix Gautier - Google Livres". Books.google.dz. 2006-10-26. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  4. ↑ Ibn Khaldoun, History of the Berbers
  5. ↑ Gautier, É. F. (1937)
  6. ↑ ALGERIA Mausoleum of Medracen in Danger

Further reading

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