(CNN) — A statue of a bearded man striding forward was crafted from black basalt over 2,000 years ago during the Ptolemaic dynasty. Now, it’s finally set to return to Libya, where it was looted during ...

"Statue of a Man" (200–100 BCE or later), Ptolemaic dynasty, black basalt, 22 13/16 inches tall (image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) will transfer ownership of a ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art and the Department of Antiquities of the state of Libya announced an agreement “in principle” on Wednesday, May 29, on the transfer of a Ptolemaic statue to the state of ...

Mohamed Faraj Mohamed, head of Libya’s Department of Antiquities, said in the news release the department appreciated “the willingness of the Cleveland Museum of Art to work with the department in ...

A statue of a bearded man striding forward was crafted from black basalt over 2,000 years ago during the Ptolemaic dynasty. Now, it’s finally set to return to Libya, where it was looted during British ...

In an unfinished building in a downtrodden neighbourhood of Tripoli, Solomon Gebreyonas Alema, a 29-year-old Eritrean refugee, can be found most days sketching and painting. One small room in the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Museum of Art has finalized an agreement to transfer ownership of small, ancient statue to the government of Libya. The 2,200-year-old statue of a man, which has been ...

The statue is a black basalt figure from the Ptolemaic era and dates from 200-100 BCE or later, according to CMA. The museum has had the statue since 1991. “Based on information provided by the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CLEVELAND (WJW) – An ancient statue at the ...