Italian Prime Minister returns 2,000 year old statue to Tripoli
Posted by: J. R. Huetteman
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-07-18 22:39:45 -0700 | arts-culture-news
TRIPOLI | January 21, 2012 Prime Minister Mario Monti of Italy returned a 2,000 year-old statue that was smuggled out of Libya in the 1960s Saturday during his trip to Tripoli. The sculpted head of Domitilla Minor, the only daughter...
The town of Sibrat, Libya full of priceless Roman antiquities, was bombed by NATO
Posted by: RobertTilford01
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-04-18 22:35:04 -0700 | arts-culture-news
Pravda.ru is reporting that the town of Sibrat, Libya full of priceless Roman antiquities, was bombed by NATO. Included in that raid numerous people were killed. Artifacts which were considered extremely rare, were completely destroyed. Thousands of individual artifacts including...
Gaddafi hides rockets, munitions in Leptis Magna, a World Heritage Site
Posted by: Gino C. Matibag
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-11-02 18:59:18 -0700 | arts-culture-news
Leptis Magna, one of the most magnificent and intact remains of the Roman Empire, runs the risk of destruction as pro-Gaddafi forces use it for military operations and camouflage their high-powered munitions, rebels claimed yesterday. Known by various names such...
UN withdrew the functions of the Gaddafi daughter as a Goodwill Ambassadors
Posted by: Abdel Fattah Hussein
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-07-27 20:16:37 -0700 | arts-culture-news
The its ambassador to the functions of the Gaddafi daughter After the tragic events in Libya, the organization decided to terminate the agreement and take away its power to "Goodwill Ambassador" According to the press said UN spokesman Martin Nesirky,...
Sokel-Ghizdara: Where Libyan Antiques of Love and Passion are Engraved
Posted by: hasnain malik
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-04-17 08:45:42 -0700 | arts-culture-news
It is an art that needs passion and patience. Sometime it can take even a month to blend an artwork to your desired shape,” admitted Mohammad Assoudy, a Libyan copper and brass-engraving artist who has been in the profession for...
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