Libya is two and a half times bigger than Texas and 90 % desert . Alcohol is banned , but there 's smuggled booze and bokha , distilled from dates , figs . Despite attempting to co-opt Mukhtar 's legacy as a nationalist hero , Gadhafi ultimately felt threatened by the sheikh and had his body removed from its tomb in the center of Benghazi to an out-of-the-way rural town about 37 miles away . Comment: Ancient ruins from the Greek and Roman eras are spectacular .
Libya is two and a half times bigger than Texas and 90 % desert . Alcohol is banned , but there 's smuggled booze and bokha , distilled from dates , figs . Comment: Ancient ruins from the Greek and Roman eras are spectacular .