Municipalities at world heritage sites establish support association
By Libya Herald reporter. The Temple of Apollo, Cyrene (Photo: Social media) Tunis, 7 May 2017: Municipalities covering Libya’s five ...
Tag: Cyrene
Libyan heritage in danger since the revolution, archaeologists warn
By Michel Cousins. Tunis, 13 March 2017: Libyan archaeological treasures are in danger of destruction, a seminar in Tunis has ...
UK to return €2 million statue seized from smugglers
By Libya Herald reporters. Tripoli, 2 September 2015: A British court has ordered a classical Greek statue stolen from the ...
New port planned for Susa
By Mohamed Hussain. Tobruk, 7 May 2015 The government has approved plans for a new port at Susa, some 25 ...
Libya’s archaeologists fear for the country’s ancient treasures
By Libya Herald staff. Cyrene has been classed as a World Heritage site since 1985 (Photo: UNESCO) Tripoli, 18 March ...
Ministry of Tourism decries vandalism to national treasures
By Jamal Adel. A completely vandalized site with several paintings which go back thousands of years in history. (Photo: UNESCO) ...
Greece honours Libyan archaeologist
By Sami Zaptia. Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis presents Libyan Archaeologist Professor Fadel Ali Mohamed with the Golden Order of the Phoenix ...
Historic documents could help recover Benghazi Treasure
Tripoli, 28 September 2013: Documents discovered in Italian archives could help international police to intercept stolen items from the Benghazi ...
Italian firm set to double infrastructure contract in the east
Tripoli, 29 August 2013: An LD 40 million contract to improve and upgrade infrastructure and utilities in the eastern town ...
Developers start to wreck UNESCO World Heritage site
Areas of the necropolis have been . . .lost forever (Photo: With thanks to France 24) Tripoli, 25 August 2013: ...
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