Egypt
Luxor Times
With photo. A committee is being sent to inspect the seized items and ensure that they are genuine.
- Seventy Egyptian Artefacts Found In Illegal Possession Are Authenticated
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The archaeological committee of the central administration for confiscated antiquities, led by Youssef Khalifa, verified the authenticity of a collection of ancient Egyptian objects that were found in the possession of three...
- Antiquities: Downturn In Antiquity Sales
PR Newswire Swansea archaeologist David Gill has been analyzing the sale of antiquities in New York since 1999. Some $300 million worth of antiquities have been sold at Sotheby's and Christie's since 1998. There are normally two sales a year for...
- Mummy For Sale For $10m
http://tinyurl.com/duxox (News24.com) "Egyptian authorities arrested the owner of a souvenir shop near the pyramids plateau after receiving a tip that he had tried to sell a mummy for $10m, said a source from the Tourism and Antiquities police on Tuesday....
- Egyptology Treasures Seized At Freight Depot
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=59274 "Berlin: Police have seized dozens of artefacts from ancient Egypt at a freight depot here after a tip off from Egyptian diplomats.The treasures were being consigned from Switzerland to the...
- Looting Mummies
Four Pharaonic era mummies have recently been seized by Egyptian police along with a coffin and statuettes from an illegal digging. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iiaeI6f2SlyAUPRg-da9o2mnpAJw...
Egypt
55 objects seized in El Wadi El Gedid, but are they genuine?
Luxor Times
With photo. A committee is being sent to inspect the seized items and ensure that they are genuine.
55 antiquity objects of various sizes including 2 sarcophagi dated back to different eras were seized by a police force on a raid on a known criminal’s residence in El Wadi El Gadid. The raid on Mohamed A.A. – 37 years old, residence resulted finding the mentioned antiquities plus police uniforms which led to believe they were stolen during the recent turmoil.
- Seventy Egyptian Artefacts Found In Illegal Possession Are Authenticated
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The archaeological committee of the central administration for confiscated antiquities, led by Youssef Khalifa, verified the authenticity of a collection of ancient Egyptian objects that were found in the possession of three...
- Antiquities: Downturn In Antiquity Sales
PR Newswire Swansea archaeologist David Gill has been analyzing the sale of antiquities in New York since 1999. Some $300 million worth of antiquities have been sold at Sotheby's and Christie's since 1998. There are normally two sales a year for...
- Mummy For Sale For $10m
http://tinyurl.com/duxox (News24.com) "Egyptian authorities arrested the owner of a souvenir shop near the pyramids plateau after receiving a tip that he had tried to sell a mummy for $10m, said a source from the Tourism and Antiquities police on Tuesday....
- Egyptology Treasures Seized At Freight Depot
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=59274 "Berlin: Police have seized dozens of artefacts from ancient Egypt at a freight depot here after a tip off from Egyptian diplomats.The treasures were being consigned from Switzerland to the...
- Looting Mummies
Four Pharaonic era mummies have recently been seized by Egyptian police along with a coffin and statuettes from an illegal digging. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iiaeI6f2SlyAUPRg-da9o2mnpAJw...