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- Akhenaten's Toe Returned To Egypt
Middle East Online The toe of King Akhenaton, which was stolen in 1907 during an examination of the pharaoh's bones, was returned during a signing ceremony for an agreement with Switzerland over the return of ancient artefacts, the council said. "The...
- Eight Artefacts Returned By Switzerland
Egypt State Information Service Egypt will receive on 26/6/2009 eight archaeological artifacts that were smuggled outside the country in 2002, said an expert in a released statement on Thursday 25/6/2009. The antiquities have been stolen from the storehouse...
- Pharaoh Gets His Eye Back
Herald Sun SWITZERLAND is to return a pharaoh's "eye" stolen 36 years ago from the ancient Egyptian statue of King Amenhotep III. "The eye is around 50cm long and was stolen from Amenhotep III's statue, which was discovered in 1970 in his Luxor...
- Exhibition: The Gods's Gifts
http://tinyurl.com/2jf4oz (sis.gov.eg) "Prime Minister Dr. Nazif approved Egypt's participation in the Pharaonic Archeological Artifacts Exhibition The Gods' Gifts due to be held in the USA and Switzerland. The Exhibition starts its tour in New...
- Stolen Relics To Return
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/1.asp "Some of Egypt's stolen antiquities might be returned. Switzerland has recently become party to an international agreement on the prevention of antiquity smuggling. The agreement would give the Egyptians...
Egypt
Amenhotep's eye back to Cairo from Switzerland
Egypt State Information Service
The stolen eye of Pharaonic king Amenhotep III returned to Cairo from Switzerland on Thursday 23/10/52008, accompanied by Abdel-Hamid Ma'aruf, the director general of the Egyptian antiquities registration center.
The eye, which arrived on board an EgyptAir plane, had been stolen from a statue at Luxor some 36 years ago during a fire around the Luxor temple.
Swiss President Pascal Couchepin and Culture Minister Farouq Hosni singed in 2007, a memo of understanding on the protection and retrieving monuments which illegally went out of Egypt, especially as Switzerland is a signatory of UNESCO agreement on the protection of monuments. The Swiss President had said his country gave back to Egypt one thousand pieces of antiquities.
- Akhenaten's Toe Returned To Egypt
Middle East Online The toe of King Akhenaton, which was stolen in 1907 during an examination of the pharaoh's bones, was returned during a signing ceremony for an agreement with Switzerland over the return of ancient artefacts, the council said. "The...
- Eight Artefacts Returned By Switzerland
Egypt State Information Service Egypt will receive on 26/6/2009 eight archaeological artifacts that were smuggled outside the country in 2002, said an expert in a released statement on Thursday 25/6/2009. The antiquities have been stolen from the storehouse...
- Pharaoh Gets His Eye Back
Herald Sun SWITZERLAND is to return a pharaoh's "eye" stolen 36 years ago from the ancient Egyptian statue of King Amenhotep III. "The eye is around 50cm long and was stolen from Amenhotep III's statue, which was discovered in 1970 in his Luxor...
- Exhibition: The Gods's Gifts
http://tinyurl.com/2jf4oz (sis.gov.eg) "Prime Minister Dr. Nazif approved Egypt's participation in the Pharaonic Archeological Artifacts Exhibition The Gods' Gifts due to be held in the USA and Switzerland. The Exhibition starts its tour in New...
- Stolen Relics To Return
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/1.asp "Some of Egypt's stolen antiquities might be returned. Switzerland has recently become party to an international agreement on the prevention of antiquity smuggling. The agreement would give the Egyptians...