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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Middle East, North Africa & the Caucasus >> Libya ليبيا >> Tripoli طرابلس >> Museum of Libya | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 The Museum of Libya, the current inhabitant of the 1930's Italian Governor's Palace |
 Gold dome of the former Royal Palace, seat of King Idris of Libya, 1951-1969 |
 After the overthrow of the Libyan monarchy in 1969, this became the "Palace of the People" & National Library |
 Museum of Libya, the 5th use of this building since the 1930's |
 In celebration of 40 years of the Libyan Revolution, the Museum of Libya opened here in 2010 |
 Arcades on the Museum of Libya |
 Museum of Libya |
 The Dioscuri at their new home, the entrance to the Museum of Libya |
 Before this, the Dioscuri were on display at the Theatre of Leptis Magna |
 Dioscuri - Sons of Zeus, the twins Castor & Pollux (Gemini) |
 Castor, the horse trainer |
 Detail of Castor wearing an egg shell, from the myth of Leda and the Swan (Zeus) |
 Pollux, the boxer |
 The Dioscuri hatched from eggs laid by Leda after she was visited by Zeus in the form of a swan |
 Dioscuri - Pollux |
 Dioscuri of Leptis Magna - Pollux |
 Dioscuri - Castor |
 Dioscuri - Castor |
 Dioscuri - Castor, shown with a horse |
 Rear quarter view of Castor |
 Rear quarter view of Pollux |
 Front porch of the Museum of Libya |
 Front porch of the Museum of Libya |
 Rear view of Castor |
 Looking out from the front door of the Museum of Libya |
 Dome of the grand entrance of the former Royal Palace |
 Dome of the former Royal Palace, now Museum of Libya |
 Fountain beneath the dome of the former Libyan Royal Palace |
 Glad dome of the Royal Palace, built in the 1930s for the Italian governor |
 Entrance to the Museum of Libya |
 Fountain court, Museum of Libya |
 Fountain, Museum of Libya |
 Museum of Libya |
 Museum of Libya |
 Ground floor map of the Museum of Libya |
 Venus, Museum of Libya |
 Prehistory Room - engraved neolithic slab from Ain Elobu, 7000-4000 BC |
 Cyrene Room - two aspects of Persephone found at the Necropolis of Cyrene |
 Persephone, wife of Hades, Queen of the Underworld |
 Marble casket, Cyrene |
 The Greek city of Cyrene was founded in 631 BC by King Battus |
 Statue of Dionysos from Cyrene |
 Bust of Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-190 AD) from ancient Oea, now Tripoli |
 Sabratha Room - Museum of Libya |
 Armored statue, 1st. C. AD, Sabratha |
 Armored statue, 1st. C. AD, Sabratha |
 Detail of Roman armor, 1st. C. AD |
 Map of Sabratha |
 Aerial photo of Sabratha, Museum of Libya |
 Symbol of the Punic goddess Tannit |
 Fragment of floor in opus signinum with the sign of Tanit, 3rd-1st C. BC, Sabratha |
 Leptis Magna Room - the goddess Atargatis from the Severan Forum |
 Venus, 2nd C. AD, Leptis Magna - Hadrianic Baths |
 This Venus was moved here from the foyer of the Jamahiriya Museum |
 Some of the hi-tech multimedia at the Museum of Libya |
 Fresco fragment from Leptis Magna |
 Fragment of wall painting representing a philosopher, 2nd C. AD, Leptis Magna |
 Acephalous (headless) statue of togated man, 1st C. AD, Theatre of Leptis Magna |
 Acephalous (headless) statue of togated woman, 1st C. AD, Theatre of Leptis Magna |
 Statue of young man wearing a chlamys, 2nd C. AD, Hadrianic Baths, Leptis Magna |
 Statue of young man wearing a chlamys, 2nd C. AD, Hadrianic Baths, Leptis Magna |
 The Hunting Baths on the edge of Leptis Magna |
 Fountain in the shape of a mythical fish |
 Aerial photo of Leptis Magna - Museum of Libya |
 View of the Severan Basilica at Leptis Magna if you go up the closed stairs |
 3D image of the Emperor Claudius |
 Statue of an emperor (Marcus Aurelius or Lucius Verus) 2nd C. AD, Tripoli (Oea) |
 Statue of an emperor (Marcus Aurelius or Lucius Verus) 2nd C. AD, Tripoli (Oea) |
 Statue of Asclepius, god of medicine and healing |
 Staircase of the former Royal Palace |
 Dome of the Royal Palace from the 2nd floor gallery |
 Fountain court, Libyan Royal Palace (Museum of Libya) |
 Fountain court, Libyan Royal Palace (Museum of Libya) |
 Tiles of the upper terrace of the former Royal Palace |
 View from the upper terrace of the former royal palace looking towards Algeria Square |
 Tower of the former cathedral seen from the former Royal Palace |
 Map of Libya - Museum of Libya |
 Gallery of Traditional Architecture - Berber qasr and a house in Ghadames |
 Gallery of Libyan Tribes - Tuareg on camels by the sea |
 Photographs of Libyan Tuareg, Museum of Libya |
 Ceiling of the former Royal Palace |
 Gallery of Traditional Music |
 Gallery of Traditional Music |
 Gallery of Traditional Music |
 Museum of Libya |
 Gallery around the fountain court |
 The Glorious Revolution Room - Museum of Libya |
 The Libyan Revolution, 1969 |
 Gadhafi - Gallery of the Revolution |
 Gadhafi - Gallery of the Revolution |
 Gadhafi - Gallery of the Revolution |
 Gadhafi - Gallery of the Revolution |
 The closure of British and American military bases in the early 1970s |
 Gadhafi - Gallery of the Revolution |
 Contemporary Libyan art, Museum of Libya |
 Contemporary Libyan art, Museum of Libya |
 Contemporary Libyan art, Museum of Libya |
 Gallery of Libyan Art |
 Gallery of Libyan Art |
 Gallery of Libyan Art |
 Gallery of Libyan Art |
 Gallery of Libyan Carpets |
 Gallery of Libyan Carpets |
 A bridge with a photo of Omar al-Mukhtar |
 Future projects - Zuwarah Hotel near the Tunisian border |
 Future projects - Zuwarah Hotel near the Tunisian border |
 Future project - Grand North |
 Museum of Libya |
 Museum of Libya |
 Museum of Libya |
 Museum of Libya - the guards weren't particulary keen on me walking around the gardens... |
 Sculpture outside the Museum of Libya |
 Museum of Libya |
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