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The Embassy of Libya, the British Museum and HMRC collaborate to return a rare, ancient funerary statue The statue has now been transferred to the Libyan Embassy. LONDON .-The British Museum and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have collaborated with the Embassy of Libya to assist in the return of a rare and striking 2nd century BC funerary statue from Cyrene. The statue was seized by Border Force officials at Heathrow airport several years ago having been illicitly imported into the United Kingdom to be offered for sale. In 2013 specialists at the British Museum were asked to assist in the iden...

A rare 2,000 year-old statue is being returned to Libya after it was found during an attempt to smuggle it through Heathrow Airport. Border Force officials seized the sculpture in 2013, which experts discovered was illegally dug up from a tomb. A court ruled in 2015 that the marble statue - which depicts Greek goddess Persephone - belonged to Libya after using evidence from British Museum experts.  Since the court case, the statue has been stored for safekeeping at the British Museum while HMRC works alongside the Libyan Embassy to return the statue to its home country. The one metre-high st...

2,000 year old smuggled statue will return to Libya by British Museum Crystal Jones For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A rare 2,000 year-old statue is being returned to Libya after it was found during an attempt to smuggle it through Heathrow Airport. Border Force officials seized the sculpture in 2013, which experts discovered was illegally dug up from a tomb. A court ruled in 2015 that the marble statue - which depicts Greek goddess Persephone - belonged to Libya after using evidence from British Museum experts.  Since the court case, the statue has ...

Geographer whose concept of ‘virtual water’ transformed thinking on trade, industry and agriculture Tony Allan in 2015. His concept of ‘virtual water’ took account of the water consumed in producing food, clothing and industrial goods. Photograph: OSCE/Micky Kroell Tony Allan in 2015. His concept of ‘virtual water’ took account of the water consumed in producing food, clothing and industrial goods. Photograph: OSCE/Micky Kroell Fri 7 May 2021 11.34 EDT The geographer Tony Allan, who has died aged 84, transformed the way governments and businesses think about water, with implicatio...