Libya
Protesters demand protection for cultural heritage as militant Islamists target Muslim mausoleum
Published online: 05 October 2012
The largely forgotten cache of thousands of antiquities was taken by thieves months after the city was seized by rebel forces
Published online: 31 October 2011
Anti-Gaddafi forces claimed control of two key heritage sites in August
Published online: 28 September 2011
Works almost certainly destroyed last month when building was set on fire by pro-Gaddafi protesters
Published online: 02 June 2011
Libyan conflict has halted construction on—and acquistions for—new museum in Tripoli due to open in September
Published online: 28 April 2011
Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif, is also an architect, urban planner, and surrealist/symbolist painter
Published online: 02 March 2011
Damage feared to underwater sites off the coast of Libya, after Gulf disaster
Published online: 02 September 2010
Issue 245, available from the Archive
From Macedonia to Mali, the culture of the Islamic world is in an ideological and territorial struggle
Issue 245, available from the Archive
Hungarian émigré who played a leading role in the development
Issue 243, available from the Archive