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Libyan Sea
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Libyan Sea
The
Libyan Sea
(
Greek
,
Latin
Libycum Mare
) is the portion of the
Mediterranean Sea
, north of the
African
coast of ancient
Libya
, i.e.
Cyrenaica
and
Marmarica
(the coast of what is now
eastern Libya
and
western Egypt
, between
Tobruk
and
Alexandria
). This designation was used by ancient geographers describing the southern Mediterranean, but the term is also used by modern travel writers and cartographers. The southern coastline of
Crete
which borders the Libyan Sea includes the
Asterousia Mountains
and
Mesara Plain
; this area is the locus of considerable ancient
Bronze Age
settlement including the sites of
Kommos
,
Hagia Triada
and
Phaistos
.
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