The Ptolemaic Dynasty was founded in Egypt in 305 BCE by Ptolemy Soter, a Macedonian general who served Alexander the Great of Greece during his earlier invasion of Egypt, which liberated the country ...

Opinion Anti-Gaddafi Street Art Pops Up in Libya In classic Chairman Mao fashion, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi had his face plastered everywhere in the country as pro-government propaganda. 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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...