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Germa
The city of Germa lies south west of Sebha, the city was built by the Germanics in the first century A.B as a capital of their country, one of the oldest observed and ancient in Libya since the prehistoric era of the Libyan.
The Germanics known by their big courage and their capacity to
Penetrate the desert and their rare bravery to challenge the invaders; they resisted the Roman in fluency by with other Libyan tribes until they reach the gate of liptes in 70 E.B there in no peace full relationship with Roman only in Emperor Septimus Severus time the second century A.B, when ever the commerce flourished and Germa attained the prosperity peak in the second and the third century.
Visitors can see the Islamic ancient beside that the Germanics old graves which built as pyramidal obelisk shapes, and the museum which combine several costumes represent different civilizations went through it.
Lately discovered the famous Germa city ruins umber the Islamic city it has the same name of Germa city, considered an important station for caravan commercial, and were discovered many graves in Alhaia Valley and there are other Germanics Sites discovered in different region as ( Shativally – Zawela – Morzaq –Gadua – BarJuj valley), there is drawing shown in old pharoans and temples, despite the available information of archeology of Germa graves some it as pyramids the other as domes supported on square bases (royal graves) .
Abu perna graves, the Germa graves distinguished in small size almost 50 cm height and huge size 2 meter height .