Madghacen
Tumulus shaped tomb at Madghacen | |
Shown within Algeria | |
Location | Batna Province, Algeria |
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Region | Numidia |
Coordinates | 35°42′26″N 6°26′04″E / 35.70722°N 6.43444°ECoordinates: 35°42′26″N 6°26′04″E / 35.70722°N 6.43444°E |
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] 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.,[3][4]
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."[5][6]
References
- ↑ Ibn Khaldun and yassine bouharrou , History of the Berbers
- ↑ Gautier, Émile Félix (1952). Le passé de l'Afrique du Nord: les siècles obscurs (in French). Payot.
- ↑ Ibn Khaldoun, History of the Berbers
- ↑ Gautier, É. F. (1937)
- ↑ ALGERIA Mausoleum of Medracen in Danger
- ↑ "ALGERIA Mausoleum of Medracen in Danger" (PDF). ICOMOS. 2006–2007. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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 .
- Yvon Thébert & Filippo Coarelli, « Architecture funéraire et pouvoir : réflexions sur l'hellénisme numide », MEFRA, Année 1988
- Serge Lancel, L'Algérie antique, édition Mengès, Paris 2003.