Al-Maḵīlī

Mechili lies in the dry interior south of the Jebel Akhdar, where tracks cross the stony country of eastern Cyrenaica. It was known as a watering place and a meeting point of routes through the desert. An Islamic fortress stood here, and traces of an earlier Roman way station may lie beneath it. The wells and the fort marked a place of shelter and passage away from the greener Mediterranean uplands.