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 ...

(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 ...

The Uan Muhuggiag mummy is housed at Libya's National Museum, where it rests in a glass case on a cushion of cotton. Courtesy of Amr Fathallah Libya’s National Museum announced earlier this year that ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—According to a New York Times report, the Cleveland Museum of Art has agreed to return a 2,200-year-old sculpture to Libya. The two-foot-tall basalt carving of a striding man was ...

A seemingly ordinary villa in the Libyan capital Tripoli holds a lifetime of works by the late Libyan artist Ali Gana, whose family has turned his house into a unique museum — Mahmud Turkia A ...

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 ...