Statues are displayed inside the National Museum, the largest in Tripoli, following its reopening after nearly 14 years of closure, in Tripoli, Libya, December 12, 2025. Libyan Government ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) has finalized an agreement to transfer ownership of its ancient "Statue of a Man" to Libya. Officials from the CMA and the Libyan government held a ...

A seemingly ordinary villa in the heart of Tripoli holds a lifetime of works by the late Libyan artist Ali Gana, whose family has turned his house into a unique museum. In the North African country ...

Mohammed Faraj Mohammed Al-Fallos, chair of the Department of Antiquities of Libya, and CMA Director William Griswold shake hands on Friday after the two agreed an ancient sculpture would be more ...

(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 ...