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Italo Balbo (1896-1940), governor of Libya between 1934 and 1940.

The Fileni Arch in Italian Libya was designed by architect Florestano Di Fausto in response to a request by the Italian Governor-General Italo Balbo (1896-1940). It was unveiled on 16 March 1937 in a lavish night...

This prehistoric Saharan rock carving from Wadi Mathendous in the Fezzan, Libya depicts two cats fighting. Similar petroglyphs can be found in rock escarpments throughout the Sahara, providing valuable clues...

Italo Balbo (1896-1940), Governor-General of Italian Libya, photographed between 1938 and 1940.

Ghadamès in Libya, known as 'the pearl of the desert', stands in an oasis. It is one of the oldest pre-Saharan cities and an outstanding example of a traditional settlement. Its domestic architecture is characterized...

A map showing the maximum territorial extent of the New Kingdom of Egypt, ca. 1450 BCE.

The travels of Leo Africanus (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fāsī, c. 1494–c. 1554) illuminate the political, commercial, and cultural connections of early...

Possibly what the Greek historian Herodotus believed the world looked like (5th century BCE) based on his writings.

The German commander Erwin Rommel inspects the German Afrika Korps in North Africa in March 1941. He is accompanied by General Garibaldo on the left. (Imperial War Museums)

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023) welcomes Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942 - 2011) at Rome's Ciampinio airport, Italy, on 10 June 2009. Gaddafi is wearing a photograph showing the...