ORDINARY MEETING OF FELLOWS LECTURE

Heritage in Danger: Assessing and Documenting the Impact of the Conflict in Libya

by Professor Anna Leone

The paper will illustrate several projects conducted in Libya to assess and document the impact of the conflict and provide long-term suitable solutions. Through a series of case studies, and illustrating projects in different sites in Libya, the paper will discuss the variety of threats that the conflict brings to the heritage, from impact of the crossfire, to looting, to vandalism and destruction. The analysis will focus on the damage produced by the bullets on the Roman Theatre of Sabratha (UNESCO – World Heritage Site) and on the Roman Mausoleum of Sufet in the Nafusa; on other type of threats in different areas of Libya, and, finally, on issues related to looting and illicit trafficking of Antiquities. The paper will provide an overview of the major problems caused in Libya by the conflict as well as some ideas for an effective long-term management of the Libyan Heritage.  

Anna Leone, is Professor at Durham University – Department of Archaeology, (UK). She is an active field archaeologist, she has conducted fieldwork in Italy, Jordan and across the North African region. Leone’s research and publications focus on problems related to the evolution of North African cities from Late Antiquity to the Arab conquest and to issues of the economy of the Mediterranean between the 6th and the 9th. Since 2014, Anna has been actively working for the documentation and protection of at-risk heritage and affected by conflict, with a specific focus on Libya and Tunisia. She had forged close working relationships with the Department of Antiquities (DoA) of Libya (East and West) and the Institut National du Patrimoine de Tunisie (INP) in the region. She is currently co-directing with geomorphologist Lisa Mol (UWE) the Partnership for Heritage Project, funded by the Cultural Protecion funds to document and protect the heritage of the regions on Tataouine (Tunisia) and Nafousa (Libya).

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