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Madghacen or Medracen or Medghassen or Madghis also spelled Imadghassen, correct berber spelling imedghasen is a royal mausoleum-temple of the Berber Numidian Kings which stands near Batna city in Aurasius Mons in Numidia - Algeria.[1]
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Madghis was a king [2][3] of independent kingdoms of the Numidia, between 300 to 200 BC Near the time of neighbor King Masinissa and their earliest Roman contacts. Ibn Khaldun said: Madghis is an ancestor of the Berbers of the branch Botr Zenata, Banu Ifran, Maghrawa (Aimgharen) , Merinid, Zianid, Wattasid dynasty etc.[4],[5]
As ICOMOS noted in their 2006/2007 Heritage at Risk report, the mausoleum has become "the victim of major “repair work” without respect for the value of th[e] monument and its authenticity."[6] See detailed pictures at the ICOMOS link below.
Coordinates: 35°42′26″N 6°26′04″E / 35.707275°N 6.434523°E
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