Egypt
There are news stories circulating including by the Egypt state service that a piece of the coffin of Amenemhet I is to be returned to Egypt thanks to the Metropolitan museum of art in New york who purchased the piece with the thought of giving it back to Egypt.
The pink granite fragment is in fact a piece of a Naos meant to hold a statue of a god or goddess and not the coffin of a king.
http://drhawass.com/blog/press-release-metropolitan-museum-return-artifact
- Restoring The Naos Of Amenemhat I
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) The issue of returning stolen artefacts to Egypt is very important to me. I have worked for years on returning pieces that were illegally taken from Egypt, and there are many great institutions that support and assist me in...
- Repatriation: Temple Fragment Returns To Egypt
The Independent, UK (Ann Wuyts) Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni and Dr. Zahi Hawass today returned a piece of red granite belonging to an ancient Egyptian temple to its rightful place - the base of Amenemhat I's naos. Both officials are...
- Repatriation
The buzz word of the moment! The latest case of repatriation has been picked up by a number of online publications. Thanks to everyone who sent links. The New York Metropolitan Museum Returns Fragment of Red Granite Naos Straits Times Met Museum Press...
- A Pharaoh's Coffin?
Apparently Dr. Hawass said of this coffin that it belonged to a king of the twenty first dynasty though clearly this is not a coffin of a pharaoh and I have some doubt Dr. Hawass would have said that. The coffin was confiscated in Florida and is about...
- Avenue Of Sphinxes
Here Dr. Hawass announces the return of the piece of the red granite naos to its rightful place joined back to the naos of Amenemhet I at Karnak. The fine doctor also reviews the newly restored avenue of sphinxes linking Karnak with Luxor....
Egypt
Coffin of Amenemhet I
There are news stories circulating including by the Egypt state service that a piece of the coffin of Amenemhet I is to be returned to Egypt thanks to the Metropolitan museum of art in New york who purchased the piece with the thought of giving it back to Egypt.
The pink granite fragment is in fact a piece of a Naos meant to hold a statue of a god or goddess and not the coffin of a king.
http://drhawass.com/blog/press-release-metropolitan-museum-return-artifact
- Restoring The Naos Of Amenemhat I
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) The issue of returning stolen artefacts to Egypt is very important to me. I have worked for years on returning pieces that were illegally taken from Egypt, and there are many great institutions that support and assist me in...
- Repatriation: Temple Fragment Returns To Egypt
The Independent, UK (Ann Wuyts) Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni and Dr. Zahi Hawass today returned a piece of red granite belonging to an ancient Egyptian temple to its rightful place - the base of Amenemhat I's naos. Both officials are...
- Repatriation
The buzz word of the moment! The latest case of repatriation has been picked up by a number of online publications. Thanks to everyone who sent links. The New York Metropolitan Museum Returns Fragment of Red Granite Naos Straits Times Met Museum Press...
- A Pharaoh's Coffin?
Apparently Dr. Hawass said of this coffin that it belonged to a king of the twenty first dynasty though clearly this is not a coffin of a pharaoh and I have some doubt Dr. Hawass would have said that. The coffin was confiscated in Florida and is about...
- Avenue Of Sphinxes
Here Dr. Hawass announces the return of the piece of the red granite naos to its rightful place joined back to the naos of Amenemhet I at Karnak. The fine doctor also reviews the newly restored avenue of sphinxes linking Karnak with Luxor....