▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁and ▁was ▁never ▁completed ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁Italian ▁defeat ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁ ▁Arch ae ology ▁and ▁tour ism ▁ ▁Class ical ▁arch ae ology ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Italian ▁authorities ▁as ▁a ▁propag anda ▁tool ▁to ▁justify ▁their ▁presence ▁in ▁the ▁region . ▁Before ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁no ▁ar che ological ▁research ▁was ▁done ▁in ▁Tri polit ania ▁and ▁Cy ren a ica . ▁By ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁the ▁Italian ▁government ▁had ▁started ▁fund ing ▁exc av ations ▁in ▁the ▁main ▁Roman ▁cities ▁of ▁Le pt is ▁Mag na ▁and ▁Sab r ath a ▁( Cy ren a ica ▁was ▁left ▁for ▁later ▁exc av ations ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁on going ▁colonial ▁war ▁against ▁Muslim ▁reb els ▁in ▁that ▁province ). ▁A ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁fasc ist ▁take over ▁was ▁that ▁all ▁foreign ▁arch ae ological ▁exped itions ▁were ▁forced ▁out ▁of ▁Lib ya , ▁and ▁all ▁ar che ological ▁work ▁was ▁cons olid ated ▁under ▁a ▁central ised ▁Italian ▁exc av ation ▁policy , ▁which ▁exclus ively ▁benef itted ▁Italian ▁museum s ▁and ▁journ als . ▁ ▁After ▁Cy ren a ica ' s ▁full ▁' p ac ification ', ▁the ▁Italian ▁arch ae ological ▁efforts ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁were ▁more ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁former ▁Greek ▁col ony ▁of ▁Cy ren a ica ▁than ▁in ▁Tri polit ania , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁P unic ▁col ony ▁during ▁the ▁Greek ▁period .