Egypt
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/eg7.htm
A cache of artefacts hidden in Egypt since 1971 have been released from confiscation. The items include "a number of anthropoid sarcophagi, painted mummy masks, Ancient Egyptian ushabti figurines (wooden statuettes), limestone reliefs, necklaces, amulets, and scarabs, as well as a group of Graeco-Roman statues, Islamic vessels, clay chandeliers and coloured textiles".
- More Re Foiling Of Smugglers
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The saga of the 80 objects began in April 2010 when the customs unit at Brussels airport caught an Egyptian woman red-handed as she tried to smuggle 80 small genuine objects. She had concealed them inside two large wooden...
- More Information Re Return Of Items From Australia
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) A collection of ancient Egyptian and Graeco-Roman figurines and miniature amulets are on their way home from Australia, reports Nevine El-Aref. This week Egypt is celebrating the restitution of 122 ancient Egyptian and...
- Egyptian Artefacts In Sweden To Return Home
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) An Egyptian antiquities collection at the …stergötlands Country Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, will soon be back in its homeland, Nevine El-Aref reports. After being on display for almost five decades at the …stergötlands...
- Graeco-roman Mummies Found In The Fayoum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Nevine El-Aref reports about the Graeco-Roman necropolis at Deir Al-Banat in the Faiyum Depression (to the southwest of Cairo). This year the mission located and studied 154 rectangular shaped tombs with rounded corners...
- Alexandria's Elegant Showcase
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/761/he1.htm An interesting article that looks at the Alexandria museum, the fact that it has received only a fraction of the expected visitors, the role of museums today, and describes its contents and how they are displayed:...
Egypt
A Rich Handover
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/eg7.htm
A cache of artefacts hidden in Egypt since 1971 have been released from confiscation. The items include "a number of anthropoid sarcophagi, painted mummy masks, Ancient Egyptian ushabti figurines (wooden statuettes), limestone reliefs, necklaces, amulets, and scarabs, as well as a group of Graeco-Roman statues, Islamic vessels, clay chandeliers and coloured textiles".
- More Re Foiling Of Smugglers
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The saga of the 80 objects began in April 2010 when the customs unit at Brussels airport caught an Egyptian woman red-handed as she tried to smuggle 80 small genuine objects. She had concealed them inside two large wooden...
- More Information Re Return Of Items From Australia
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) A collection of ancient Egyptian and Graeco-Roman figurines and miniature amulets are on their way home from Australia, reports Nevine El-Aref. This week Egypt is celebrating the restitution of 122 ancient Egyptian and...
- Egyptian Artefacts In Sweden To Return Home
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) An Egyptian antiquities collection at the …stergötlands Country Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, will soon be back in its homeland, Nevine El-Aref reports. After being on display for almost five decades at the …stergötlands...
- Graeco-roman Mummies Found In The Fayoum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Nevine El-Aref reports about the Graeco-Roman necropolis at Deir Al-Banat in the Faiyum Depression (to the southwest of Cairo). This year the mission located and studied 154 rectangular shaped tombs with rounded corners...
- Alexandria's Elegant Showcase
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/761/he1.htm An interesting article that looks at the Alexandria museum, the fact that it has received only a fraction of the expected visitors, the role of museums today, and describes its contents and how they are displayed:...