Things to see and do Tarhouna

This oven producing amphorae where olive oil was conserved magnificently crossed the centuries since it is still completely intact. It is also an astonishing size (6 m in diameter) which shows the magnitude of the commerce and oil trade in the region in the Roman era. Under a first geological layer of limestone, the region's land was ideal for the baked pottery industry. A mosaic of mosaics of a Roman villa of the th century. . was discovered not far (not visible).

With its 15 ha, the forest of Charchara, 3 km north of Tarhouna (turn right at the crossroad in the forest), is the ideal place for a picnic under pine trees. Many Libyans come there and relax in the family on Fridays from the fine days.

This great th century mausoleum is the most impressive archaeological remnant in the Tarhouna region. This imposing monument testifies to the wealth of the Roman landowner who built it on his land. Only the first two floors are still on the ground, but the building has a third, whose stones and columns are scattered on the ground around the mausoleum. The two funeral houses are located in the basement behind a small entrance in the indentation of the building. The mausoleum is located on one of the slopes of the; (valley); valley, occupied by a few small farms, which has a source that is no longer permanent.

These few cave engravings were the subject of an initial archaeological report in 1968. In total, there are to hide there, among the herbs and the wild thyme. The largest is that of a bovidé 2 m in length and about 1 m high. The majority of the engravings also represent cattle, but there is also a beautiful burning of front-disc rhino (symbolic sign, under his ears) and two cats engravings to be determined. Testifying to the fauna that was then found in the region, they are Neolithic times: their style and the archeological evidence found nearby would coincide with the beginning of the pastoral stadium (ancient Neolithic). Most of the bovidae have the horns moving forward. Four have the horns at the vertical, and two have the horns towards the back. The over-representation of bovidae bovidae seems to confirm Herodotus's testimony when he writes well later than Libyan steers have large forward-looking horns that forced them to graze backwards so that they don't get to the ground! Although its situation close to the coastline makes it one of the most northerly rock sites in the north of the Maghreb, this is not the only small cave site in northern Libya. There is one between Misratha and Zliten.