It is a historical symbol of the  famous plant, famous in Libya  during the ancient ages (( bet 6-1 B.C) it has a remedial purposes,   well known in the old time. It was weighted by gold that Cyrene city took it as a motto locked in the coins. The plant appeared in the east of Libya  during the Greek civilization.

Silphium plants in the public Roman bathrooms (Apollonia - Susa) shows its meaning as an ornamental means on the crowns with the olive branches, for the oil  used in massage. Silphium is a medical treatment beside its symbolic and artistic meanings is relating the plant of health and power to the plant of peace, the foremost product of Libya.

The connection between the silphium plant in its cultural origin, Libyan and Greek, and Libyan Neith icons led to artistic harmony in characteristics and achieved cultural parallel between double civilized design in one land called Libya.

Silphium seeds which are heart like were locked on the ancient coins in Cyrene.

2:The Libyan face taken from the Egyptian script which sketched the Libyan always in a unique features. It shows them in different hair style, describing them as they take care of dressing, no matter to which a tribe they belong.

The upper small engraving  represents the famous old Libyan dance, known “Kaska”. A group dance, performed by young people, rotating by their sticks harmoniously by lifting their legs, taking a circle and so on. This dance is still known, performed by the Popular Arts Team during the national and public festivals.    

This sculpture was found in walls in Egypt, shows that the Egyptian knew the Libyan in different stages of time, also it shows the close relation between the two people, also the communication and admiration  .

3:  The Libyan desert was rivers and jangles inhabited by animals. This fact was represented by drawings of that time, which is labeled as the desert fine arts. It is divided into different cultural stages .

We have the hunting stage, and this goes back to that stage where found different hunting subjects, different weapons and struggle. Also these drawings give us good views about the weapon types and dressing. The most symbolic meaning here is the feathers as a decorative hair style means, taken by the ancient Libyans, as an artistic value for them, as the old Egyptian scripts show. We find this custom only in the red Indians tribes, believed they are of Libyan origin according to the new studies depending on the way of life and living .

4:  this engraving is derived from a big relief, found in the Libyan Temple in SLANTA, south of Cyrene. The subject shows a unique picture of rites and customs of praying and sacrifice - offering (immolation) by animals. Also it shows the types of goddess in Libya during the time the sculpture in away very condensed that shows the artist and celebration fact where crowed running on, also shapes, faces, animal, dressing and items to represent a scenery fact, religions in origin. Here we notice a prayer-man holding a sacrifice in the presence of God.

The whole subject a single proof from a Libyan culture ruin, regional, but has a special characteristics in performing and holding a religions theme.

        Links:

       * LIBYA - A Country Study

       * CYRENAICA

       * Cyrenaica and the Greeks

       * Libya:  The History of Herodotus

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           2- SILPHIUM

       * SILPHIUM: ANCIENT WONDER DRUG?
          by John Tatman

        * A History of the Heart

     * This coin of ancient Cyrene shows a seed pod of the fennel plant

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       2- NEITH & GHADAMS & LIBO

          Bates. O.,      The Eastern Libyans, London 1970  (Book)

            Oric Bates 1853-1918

  Curator of African Archaeology and Ethnology
  Peabody Museum, Harvard University
  Editor, Harvard African Studies