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Pre-Christian at Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar

 

Before the third century, some people of Roman Empire who believed in Christianity, this religion were peaked in North Africa and Barka specially after the official confession to the state and Declaration of Melan (313) .
Before the declaration the Chris-followers organized a persecution during the rule of (Naeron Welgade ANUS) the matter impulse the followers to Conceal their religion passions they resorted to dig a conceals under ground called (KATACOMPASE) used for worshipping and during the deaths and meetings a way from the Roman eyes.
The Marcus Edifice one of the conceals and Christians religion archeology in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar as referred by archbishop Alanbabkumbos during his to heritage Edifice (February 1990).
Which founded by Libyan Arab Discoveries 1987. This Edifice was used in secret by Marcus archbishop a way from the persecution of Roman Empieriors to spread Christianity education and writing the first Bible with the Greek in the middle first century.
Marcus Edifice contains a hanging Caves in shape gradual circles the most important. The upper floor it’s height 40 m from the earth surface combine a large rooms were sculpture in rocks , a large water tanks , many storage sculpture in rocks, a twisted rocks surrounded by lions head detained all over , this confirm the type of Christian religion to this building.
The lion is a monk or a sample of Marcus Edifice.
Al of these confirm that, the first Christian in this religion, invested these building at the pagan persecution in the absent of government building of official objective.
They used the hanging Caves for Christian worship and the new embracers to beteached and speared the Christianity in Al- Jabal Al-Akhdar ignorance.