Egypt
elginism
- Egypt Says Sphinx Not Threatened By Water
Reuters Africa Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Thursday the Sphinx was not in danger after some media reported that water below the surface nearby could damage the 4,500-year-old monument. Concerns about potential damage to the limestone...
- The Repatriation Of Antiquities
http://ucsdguardian.org/viewarticle.php?story=opinion03&year=2007&month=05&day=14In the light of Egypt's bid for the return of several key artefacts, on loan, for the opening of new museums, the following article looks at some of the issues...
- Art Museums Wrestle With Ownership Issue
http://tinyurl.com/hhqne (washingtonpost.com)Another in a long line of recent articles about the challenges facing museums wishing to aquire antiquities for their collections, and the efforts of governments to repatriate items which, in some cases, should...
- Repatriation Of Stolen Artefacts
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article347371.eceAn article about how the Greek and Italian authorities are teaming up to tackle the repatriation of illegally traded artefacts: "Greece has joined forces with Italy in a joint attempt to locate and...
- Arguments Over Reported Damage To Statue
http://tinyurl.com/bmfuw "Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni ordered a probe into reports about mysterious damage to a pharaonic statue during restoration work at the Egyptian Museum. He asked Attorney General Maher Abdul Wahid to investigate the matter,...
Egypt
Damage to Egypt’s antiquities cannot justifify refusal to repatriate items
elginism
A lot has been made in some news sources, of the amount of damage (or potential damage, because at the time that things like this are reported, it is often hard to make a full assessment) done to the collections of museums in Egypt during the recent protests there. Many sources then jump straight on to the next conclusion that this means that it is right to keep disputed Egyptian artefacts in the big museums of the West, despite the fact that even a year ago these riots could not be anticipated & that no one appointed certain big museums as official custodians of global culture.
Further to this, there is of course the fact that artefacts aren’t necessarily safe in any country.
One promising thing though, is that while some rioters were vandalising the museums, many more Egyptian citizens were making every effort they could to try & protect these places from damage.
- Egypt Says Sphinx Not Threatened By Water
Reuters Africa Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Thursday the Sphinx was not in danger after some media reported that water below the surface nearby could damage the 4,500-year-old monument. Concerns about potential damage to the limestone...
- The Repatriation Of Antiquities
http://ucsdguardian.org/viewarticle.php?story=opinion03&year=2007&month=05&day=14In the light of Egypt's bid for the return of several key artefacts, on loan, for the opening of new museums, the following article looks at some of the issues...
- Art Museums Wrestle With Ownership Issue
http://tinyurl.com/hhqne (washingtonpost.com)Another in a long line of recent articles about the challenges facing museums wishing to aquire antiquities for their collections, and the efforts of governments to repatriate items which, in some cases, should...
- Repatriation Of Stolen Artefacts
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article347371.eceAn article about how the Greek and Italian authorities are teaming up to tackle the repatriation of illegally traded artefacts: "Greece has joined forces with Italy in a joint attempt to locate and...
- Arguments Over Reported Damage To Statue
http://tinyurl.com/bmfuw "Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni ordered a probe into reports about mysterious damage to a pharaonic statue during restoration work at the Egyptian Museum. He asked Attorney General Maher Abdul Wahid to investigate the matter,...