It has been speculated that under-pressure Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi owned the album, having publicly referred to the former US Secretary of State as a "darling" in a 2007 interview.
"I support my darling black African woman," he said to Al-Jazeera at the time. "I admire and am very proud of the way she leans back and gives orders to the Arab leaders... Leezza, Leezza, Leezza... I love her very much."
MSNBC has published images of the photo album, which features various shots of Rice. The Independent has reported that the ownership of the album is currently "unknown".
Meanwhile, a passport belonging to Gaddafi was also found by rebels in the complex, and features the only known spelling of his name in Latinized text. Gaddafi refuses to speak any language other than Arabic in public.
It appears that Gaddafi's family and the leader himself use the spelling "Gathafi", rather than other well-used forms.
TheAtlantic quipped that it would stick to its own variant "Qaddafi" for reasons of consistency "until such point as Muammar Qaddafi specifically requests otherwise in a letter to the editor - preferably one with a return address".
