1 published discovery from Libya — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.
Global Finds has 1 find from Libya, a famous historical find. It is filed under artefacts. It is the Cyrene bronze head, made about 300 BC, or perhaps in the 2nd century BC.
The law: In Libya, as in most countries, archaeological finds are protected by national heritage law: report anything old or unusual to the national heritage authority, and never dig at a known site or export a find without permission.
In August 1861 two British officers, Robert Murdoch Smith and Edwin Porcher, found a life-size bronze head on the original floor of the Temple of Apollo at Cyrene in Libya. It portrays a North African man, perhaps a Numidian prince, and is now in the British Museum.
