A Libyan national reported to the Tourism Police and Antiquities Protection Authority, about his suspicion of an ancient tomb under his farm in the city of Al-Ajaylat.
The Ministry of Interior claimed it had dispatched several officers, in coordination with the Sabratha Antiquities Monitoring Authority. This came per the instructions of the Deputy Head of the Tourism Police and Antiquities Protection Authority.
It explained that the archaeological experts unearthed the site, in order to determine the type of antiquities and to what historical era they belonged. As well as noting that the initial discovery showed the presence of a tomb, and the remains of an ancient pottery jar and coins. Archaeologists took samples to study, before a final report would be published.
Last month, the Department of Museums Monitoring Antiquities in Benghazi announced that it had received an important historical church bell dating back to 1932.
The Benghazi Antiquities Monitor indicated that Khalifa Al-Kawafi, a resident of the city of Al-Marj, and the owner of a hardware store, obtained the piece after purchasing it from a Sudanese national.