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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 arrest of Umar al-Mukhtar (1858-1931...

"Tomorrow, all things considered - Pantalone: ​​Was it really worth it?", a cartoon for 'L'Asino' on the war in Libya. Gabriele Galantara, 1911.

A 1911 caricature of Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928) from the satirical magazine 'l'Asino'. Giolitti maneuvers deftly between conservatives and workers, dressed in appropriate clothes for his meeting with each of the...

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 ceremony attended by Benito...

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

Photograph of Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), the leader of Fascist Italy, visiting Sabratha in Libya in 1926 and meeting local notables.

Umar al-Mukhtar (1858-1931), a leader of the resistance to the Italian colonisation of Libya, arrested and transferred to the Palazzo del Littorio in Benghazi to be tried on 15 September 1931.

A map showing the territorial gains of Italy in Libya from 1919 to 1935.

Bronze bust by M. Gerasimov based on a facial reconstruction of the exhumed skull of Timur (1336-1405), also known as Tamerlane. Timur founded the Timurid Empire (1370-1507) which, based in Uzbekistan, spread across Central Asia.

The Gūr-i Mir, the restored tomb of Timur (1336-1405), also known as Tamerlane, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Timur founded the Timurid Empire (1370-1507) which spread across Central Asia.