Egypt
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- 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...
- Australia Will Return 122 Egyptian Archeological Pieces
Canberra Times (Samantha Meys) A hoard of stolen ancient Egyptian artefacts were yesterday returned to Egypt after a whirlwind few months of travel. Office for the Arts representative Sally Basser handed the 122 artefacts to ambassador Omar Metwally in...
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun Unaffordable For Australia
Sydney Morning Herald (Catharine Munro and Jason Koutsoukis) A BLOCKBUSTER exhibition of King Tutankhamun will not tour Australia because museums cannot afford it. Egypt wants to send the world's most successful tour of artefacts from the tomb of...
- Contacts To Restore 2,000 Pieces Of Antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o230825a.htm "Contacts are being held with a number of countries to bring back to Egypt 2,000 artifacts reportedly displayed in 22 halls abroad. Egypt recently received a number of artifacts from some countries including...
- 27 Artifacts To Be Restored
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o100725h.htm "Attorney General Maher Abdul Wahed agreed that a judicial and technical delegation would be sent to Australia to retrieve 27 rare artifacts which were due to be auctioned. Secretary General of the Supreme...
Egypt
Australia returns artifacts to Egypt
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"Australia has handed over to the Egyptian authorities several 2500-year-old antiquities at the centre of a smuggling racket. Police recovered the tomb artefacts as part of an investigation that has led to a prosecution in Egypt, a spokeswoman for the department of environment and heritage in Sydney said on Tuesday. The seven objects include small funerary statuettes (shabtis), a bronze axe head, a ceramic bowl and amulets".
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o190725p.htm
"The Australian ambassador in Cairo, Robert Bowker, welcomed yesterday the fruitful cooperation between Egypt and his country, which helped bring back seven artifacts from Australia. He said that the move reflected his country's keenness on protecting world heritage, hailing the close ties between both countries. He said that Australia was the first country that responded to a verdict handed down by an Egyptian court in this respect". This is the complete item as posted on the Egyptian State Informatin Service
- 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...
- Australia Will Return 122 Egyptian Archeological Pieces
Canberra Times (Samantha Meys) A hoard of stolen ancient Egyptian artefacts were yesterday returned to Egypt after a whirlwind few months of travel. Office for the Arts representative Sally Basser handed the 122 artefacts to ambassador Omar Metwally in...
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun Unaffordable For Australia
Sydney Morning Herald (Catharine Munro and Jason Koutsoukis) A BLOCKBUSTER exhibition of King Tutankhamun will not tour Australia because museums cannot afford it. Egypt wants to send the world's most successful tour of artefacts from the tomb of...
- Contacts To Restore 2,000 Pieces Of Antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o230825a.htm "Contacts are being held with a number of countries to bring back to Egypt 2,000 artifacts reportedly displayed in 22 halls abroad. Egypt recently received a number of artifacts from some countries including...
- 27 Artifacts To Be Restored
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o100725h.htm "Attorney General Maher Abdul Wahed agreed that a judicial and technical delegation would be sent to Australia to retrieve 27 rare artifacts which were due to be auctioned. Secretary General of the Supreme...