Egypt
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- Egypt's Antiquities Still At Risk
npr (Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson) Among the casualties of Egypt's revolution are many of its famous historical sites and artifacts. Vandalism and looting at these sites skyrocketed in the weeks after the Egyptian police force — including those responsible...
- Repatriation: Finders Keepers?
New York Times (John Tierney) I rather like the picture of the Egyptian statue with suitcases. Zahi Hawass regards the Rosetta Stone, like so much else, as stolen property languishing in exile. “We own that stone,” he told Al Jazeera, speaking as...
- Mummies In Manhattan Museums
http://www.nysun.com/article/44522 "As the importance of cultural patrimony increases, American museums will probably never again be able to acquire Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works at the rate and with the freedom they did in the late-19th and early-20th...
- Book Release: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, And The Antiquities Trade
http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=BRODIF06This is of general archaeological interest, and particularly relevant in the light of so many highly publicized incidents where artefacts are being repatriated, or are being claimed for repatriation:"Archaeological...
- The Mayor Of Memphis
Recent excavations by archaeologists working for the archaeological faculty of the Cairo university have unearthed the tomb of Ptahmes a nineteenth dynasty Mayor of Memphis. The tomb was last seen by collectors in 1885 and a number of artifacts from it...
Egypt
American collectors eye events in Egypt with mistrust
PR Newswire
Ongoing developments in the Egyptian revolution and its reverberations in the Middle East have the world riveted on this historical event. Beneath the headlines, vacillating reports of vandalism and looting that allegedly took place at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and other sites have American collectors skeptical of motivations behind the apparent orchestration of news. Spotty and contradictory reports of museum looting had barely surfaced when members of the American archaeological community were calling for import restrictions on artifacts made in Egypt. It is unclear whether any of these calls have led to consideration of such action within the Obama administration.
According to Kerry K. Wetterstrom, President of the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG), the reason for concern among collectors is that import restrictions like those sought by archaeologists have typically been applied far and beyond the scope of authority vested under U.S. law. Restrictions are being applied to common objects traded for centuries without provenance requirements.
- Egypt's Antiquities Still At Risk
npr (Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson) Among the casualties of Egypt's revolution are many of its famous historical sites and artifacts. Vandalism and looting at these sites skyrocketed in the weeks after the Egyptian police force — including those responsible...
- Repatriation: Finders Keepers?
New York Times (John Tierney) I rather like the picture of the Egyptian statue with suitcases. Zahi Hawass regards the Rosetta Stone, like so much else, as stolen property languishing in exile. “We own that stone,” he told Al Jazeera, speaking as...
- Mummies In Manhattan Museums
http://www.nysun.com/article/44522 "As the importance of cultural patrimony increases, American museums will probably never again be able to acquire Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works at the rate and with the freedom they did in the late-19th and early-20th...
- Book Release: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, And The Antiquities Trade
http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=BRODIF06This is of general archaeological interest, and particularly relevant in the light of so many highly publicized incidents where artefacts are being repatriated, or are being claimed for repatriation:"Archaeological...
- The Mayor Of Memphis
Recent excavations by archaeologists working for the archaeological faculty of the Cairo university have unearthed the tomb of Ptahmes a nineteenth dynasty Mayor of Memphis. The tomb was last seen by collectors in 1885 and a number of artifacts from it...