Egypt
This story will probably never be resolved the facts are that Gustave Lefebvre working on behalf of the Egyptian antiquities service did not do his job properly or was corrupted into his decision. Either way the fault lye's with the Egyptians.
To expect the foreign excavators to say hey I found a masterpiece come and get it is naive and that is the reason Egypt keeps everything found for itself today.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/935/he1.htm
- New Law, New Effects
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Two months after the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) launched a new administration to document all the antiquities held in private possession, what are the results? Under the new Antiquities Law 3/2010, passed in...
- Zahi Hawass On The Valley Of The Kings
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/797/he2.htmZahi Hawass's Dig Days column looks, this week, at the changing role of Egyptians in the recovery of their own heritage. He points out that while in the past the contribution of Egyptians was as members of...
- More On Farouk Hosni Resignation
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/760/fr4.htm"Hosni said the growing calls for his resignation had catalysed his decision to resign. 'I was facing personal accusations even before the investigations were over,' he told the Weekly. 'I submitted...
- Artifacts From The (dog) Excavations Of Tell El Amarna
The 1912-1913 excavations on behalf of the German Oriental Society (DOG) at tell el Amarna brought to light a large collection of plaster masks and royal stone sculptures. The artist studio in which the sculpture were found was that of royal sculptor...
- Nefertiti's New Home
The famous bust of Nefertiti in the Altes museum in Berlin has now been moved to its new room in the recently restored Neues museum, the museum was badly damaged in WWII and has recently been restored at a cost of about $400 million. The bust has been...
Egypt
A Man Determined To Get the Beautiful Women
This story will probably never be resolved the facts are that Gustave Lefebvre working on behalf of the Egyptian antiquities service did not do his job properly or was corrupted into his decision. Either way the fault lye's with the Egyptians.
To expect the foreign excavators to say hey I found a masterpiece come and get it is naive and that is the reason Egypt keeps everything found for itself today.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/935/he1.htm
- New Law, New Effects
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Two months after the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) launched a new administration to document all the antiquities held in private possession, what are the results? Under the new Antiquities Law 3/2010, passed in...
- Zahi Hawass On The Valley Of The Kings
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/797/he2.htmZahi Hawass's Dig Days column looks, this week, at the changing role of Egyptians in the recovery of their own heritage. He points out that while in the past the contribution of Egyptians was as members of...
- More On Farouk Hosni Resignation
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/760/fr4.htm"Hosni said the growing calls for his resignation had catalysed his decision to resign. 'I was facing personal accusations even before the investigations were over,' he told the Weekly. 'I submitted...
- Artifacts From The (dog) Excavations Of Tell El Amarna
The 1912-1913 excavations on behalf of the German Oriental Society (DOG) at tell el Amarna brought to light a large collection of plaster masks and royal stone sculptures. The artist studio in which the sculpture were found was that of royal sculptor...
- Nefertiti's New Home
The famous bust of Nefertiti in the Altes museum in Berlin has now been moved to its new room in the recently restored Neues museum, the museum was badly damaged in WWII and has recently been restored at a cost of about $400 million. The bust has been...