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- Hope For Libyan Archaeology
Past Horizons With photos. Libya boasts a rich cultural heritage; Palaeolithic rock paintings, Greek and Roman ruins and ancient desert oases. These historic treasures, including six UNESCO World Heritage sites, have suffered years of neglect and most...
- Nato Raids Spared Libyan Antiquities
The Associated Press Libya's famed ancient Roman sites, including the sprawling seaside ruins of Leptis Magna, were spared damage by NATO during the recent airstrikes, says a London-based Libyan archaeologist . Hafed Walda, a research fellow at Kings...
- Libyan Heritage Update
UNESCO convenes Libyan and international experts meeting for the safeguard of Libya’s cultural heritage World Heritage Convention I haven't seen any update about the outcome of this meeting, which took place two days ago, but something should be...
- Inspections By New Libyan Antiquities Minister
The Malta Independent Libyan archaeologists are beginning to inspect the country’s priceless historical sites, hoping part of their cultural heritage and economic future has not been ruined by war. “It is the first time I go there since the war,...
- Prolonged Conflict A Threat To Libyan Heritage Sites
Monsters and Critics (Kate Thomas) The track leading to Al Bayda's forgotten Temple of Aesculapius is shingled with rocks and rubbish. Sheep doze beneath juniper trees, graffiti tags blight nearby buildings and, in the distance, the ample family...
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A Sigh of Relief in Libya
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After months of negative reporting on heritage sites in the Middle East, finally there is some good news from all five of Libya's UNESCO heritage sites. Both the 2,000 year old Roman city of Sabratha and the ruins of Leptis Magna, which had been occupied by Anti-Gaddafi forces since August, sustained little damage. In fact, Fadel Ali Mohammad, Libya's new minister of antiquities, reported minimal damage to Sabratha after his visit in early September.
Anti-Gaddafi forces are committed to preserving heritage sites and preventing looting. The rebels resisted bombing the Tripoli's Libya Museum, even after Gaddafi's officers took up camp in the galleries during the final days of the war, sleeping on mattresses beside marble Roman Venus' and Neolithic grinding stones. Like Augustus Caesar, Napoleon and Hitler before him, Muammar Gaddafi manipulated Libya's ancient history to his own self aggrandizing agenda.
- Hope For Libyan Archaeology
Past Horizons With photos. Libya boasts a rich cultural heritage; Palaeolithic rock paintings, Greek and Roman ruins and ancient desert oases. These historic treasures, including six UNESCO World Heritage sites, have suffered years of neglect and most...
- Nato Raids Spared Libyan Antiquities
The Associated Press Libya's famed ancient Roman sites, including the sprawling seaside ruins of Leptis Magna, were spared damage by NATO during the recent airstrikes, says a London-based Libyan archaeologist . Hafed Walda, a research fellow at Kings...
- Libyan Heritage Update
UNESCO convenes Libyan and international experts meeting for the safeguard of Libya’s cultural heritage World Heritage Convention I haven't seen any update about the outcome of this meeting, which took place two days ago, but something should be...
- Inspections By New Libyan Antiquities Minister
The Malta Independent Libyan archaeologists are beginning to inspect the country’s priceless historical sites, hoping part of their cultural heritage and economic future has not been ruined by war. “It is the first time I go there since the war,...
- Prolonged Conflict A Threat To Libyan Heritage Sites
Monsters and Critics (Kate Thomas) The track leading to Al Bayda's forgotten Temple of Aesculapius is shingled with rocks and rubbish. Sheep doze beneath juniper trees, graffiti tags blight nearby buildings and, in the distance, the ample family...