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The British Museum helped to identify and return the ancient sculpture from Libya, which had been imported to the UK A statue looted from Libya in 2011 has been handed over to the Libyan Embassy in London after experts from the British Museum (BM) helped identify the piece. The funerary sculpture, taken from Cyrene in north eastern Libya, was seized by Border officials at Heathrow airport in London after being brought into the UK from Libya illegally by a dealer. It was finally retur...

Last modified on Tue 11 May 2021 00.08 EDT An illegally trafficked, incredibly rare 2,000-year-old marble statue of a Greek goddess has been returned to Libya after a long-running repatriation case involving experts at the British Museum. The well-preserved marble statue, dating from the second century BC and probably depicting Persephone, would have been fixed to a tomb in a cemetery in the ancient Libyan city of Cyrene. She has snake bracelets carved into her wrists and is holding a small dol...

Looted rare statue identified by the British Museum is returned to Libya The i 5 days ago Cahal Milmo © Provided by The i Policemen patrol the remnants of the Temple of Demeter in the ruins of Libyas eastern ancient city of Cyrene (Photo: AFP/Abdullah Doma) A rare 2,000-year-old statue looted from an archaeological site in Libya has been returned to the country’s authorities after it was seized near Heathrow Airport and identified by the British Museum as an important ...

The Ancient Greek Philosopher Anaximander of Miletus Author: Anaximander holding a sundial from a third century AD Roman mosaic. Anaximander of Miletus was a student and associate of the first philosopher, Thales, in the ancient Greek city of Miletus. Anaximander has been credited with many accomplishments: the introduction of the gnomon into Greek culture and the set up of a sundial in Sparta; first to mark the solstices and equinoxes; first to draw an outline of the earth and sea; and first t...

The Tomcat is one of the U.S. fighters that has seen the most sustained and intense air-to-air combat of its generation.

By Sami Zaptia. London, 9 May 2021: Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla Mangoush visited Libya’s southern border regions over the last few days, including Qatrun. Libya-Niger border crossing Speaking at the Tumu border crossing with Niger (300 km south of Qatrun), Mangoush said that the situation in Libya today is not the same as it was ten years ago, calling on neighbouring countries to urgently put in place regional mechanisms to combat smuggling, migration and h...

2021-05-09 04:56:21 GMT2021-05-09 12:56:21(Beijing Time) Xinhua English TRIPOLI, May 8 (Xinhua) -- A group of Libyan residents of Tajura district of eastern Tripoli have been preparing meals for charity that serves those who fast during the holy month of Ramadan. "This work started from the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan and will continue until the end of the month," Salem Omran, a volunteer, told Xinhua. "Since the beginning of Ramadan, about 9,000 meals have been prepared," he ...

Take a look at historys most famous - and most infamous - librarians Janet Bailey What many people may not know is that the profession of librarian is actually an ancient one. It may even be prehistoric. Think back to those pictures of cave paintings or drawings — those are tales from ancient novelists.  Those stories, like those of Lascaux in south central France, have multiple authors reflected on the wall. The person who created the paint and lighting and ladders for those tales to be...

In Libya, mass murder and the sin of silence Updated: May 9 Print article TARHUNA, Libya - When the militiamen abducted Abdul Ali al-Falus and his four sons last year, their family had every reason to fear the worst. By then, the Kaniyat militia had killed scores and perhaps hundreds of civilians in this pastoral town, many of them shot multiple times at close range, often blindfolded, handcuffed and with legs tied, according to officials and community leaders. And no one had stopped the ...

May 8, 2021 at 10:11 am | Published in: Africa, Libya, News Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Moscow, Russia on April 15. 2021 [Russian Foreign Ministry/Anadolu Agency] May 8, 2021 at 10:11 am The fund aims to rehabilitate areas devastated by wars and remove the effects of armed conflict in the cities of Benghazi and Derna – Libya Al Ahrar Libyas Government of National Unity (GNU) has announced the creation of a fund worth millions of dollars to rebuild the cities of Beng...