Archive for Leptis Magna

Libyan archaeologists look to the future with new training
Libya Herald
The Department of Antiquities was badly neglected through the four decades of Qaddafi's rule, but last week it took a step towards rebuilding its ability to preserve Libya's rich archaeological heritage. Amid the Roman ruins at Leptis Magna on Thursday

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World Heritage sites, a palm-fringed coast and history galore…Libya outlines
Daily Mail
Libya has outlined aspirations for putting the Middle East country on the tourism map, less than a year after Gaddafi was killed. Despite boasting five World Heritage Sites including the Roman ruin Leptis Magna and a Mediterranean coastline that
'Libya is the next top tourist spot'Zee News
Libya the next holiday paradise, country's tourist authorities sayThe Australian

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Looking To The Future, Libya Erases Part Of Its Past
NPR
by Steve Inskeep Libya's deputy oil minister, Omar Shakmak, says he secretly supported the opposition in Libya while working in the oil industry for a quarter-century. A view of the Leptis Magna amphitheater. Leptis Magna is a massive Roman ruin on the

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