Egypt
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART28593.html
- Police Recover Pharaonic Artefacts Stolen In Wake Of Revolution
Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref) A collection of 35 ancient Egyptian artefacts stolen in the wake of last year's Tahrir Square uprising was recovered on Monday by Tourism and Antiquities police. The objects were found buried in sand close to the Horemhab...
- Egypt Smuggler Caught In Brussels, 80 Artefacts To Return Home
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The Belgian court of appeal on Sunday ordered the return to Egypt of 80 artefacts stolen and smuggled out of the country. The artefacts were discovered in April 2010 when customs officials at Brussels airport caught an Egyptian...
- Reports Of Looting Continue To Dominate In Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With photos. A report issued early this week shows that 800 artefacts are still missing from the Qantara-East warehouse in North Sinai. The storehouse was looted on 29 January -- the fifth day of the Egyptian uprising....
- Repatriation: Tetiky Paintings Return To Egypt Fro Louvre In France
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photo. For anyone who missed the story there's a good summary on Al Ahram Weekly by Nevine El-Aref explaining the background to the return of the paintings to Egypt (also with photo). I am pleased that the five paintings...
- Home From The Range
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A large number of pre-historic artefacts stolen from a Maadi storehouse have returned to Egypt, as Nevine El-Aref reports. After touring around various American states, 79 pre-dynastic artefacts, including plain stone...
Egypt
Appeal to recover stolen artefacts (UK)
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART28593.html
"Museum staff are appealing to the public after a number of ancient Egyptian artefacts were stolen from Abington Museum in Northampton. The thieves broke in through a window on the night of May 29, 2005, and took artefacts from a late 19th/early 20th century collection. The items formed an important part of the museum’s Victorian style room, which remains open despite the thief (or thieves) smashing a glass cabinet of curiosities".
- Police Recover Pharaonic Artefacts Stolen In Wake Of Revolution
Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref) A collection of 35 ancient Egyptian artefacts stolen in the wake of last year's Tahrir Square uprising was recovered on Monday by Tourism and Antiquities police. The objects were found buried in sand close to the Horemhab...
- Egypt Smuggler Caught In Brussels, 80 Artefacts To Return Home
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The Belgian court of appeal on Sunday ordered the return to Egypt of 80 artefacts stolen and smuggled out of the country. The artefacts were discovered in April 2010 when customs officials at Brussels airport caught an Egyptian...
- Reports Of Looting Continue To Dominate In Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With photos. A report issued early this week shows that 800 artefacts are still missing from the Qantara-East warehouse in North Sinai. The storehouse was looted on 29 January -- the fifth day of the Egyptian uprising....
- Repatriation: Tetiky Paintings Return To Egypt Fro Louvre In France
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photo. For anyone who missed the story there's a good summary on Al Ahram Weekly by Nevine El-Aref explaining the background to the return of the paintings to Egypt (also with photo). I am pleased that the five paintings...
- Home From The Range
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A large number of pre-historic artefacts stolen from a Maadi storehouse have returned to Egypt, as Nevine El-Aref reports. After touring around various American states, 79 pre-dynastic artefacts, including plain stone...