Damaged Artifacts Repaired
Egypt

Damaged Artifacts Repaired


This article from Al Ahram is a good overview of the condition of Egypt's archaeological sites including the Cairo Museum and the artifacts damaged and restored in that institutions laboratory.




- Malawi Museum: Update
 There is good news coming from Egypt that people are returning many of the stolen artifacts from the Malawi museum. There was a recent arrest when a person tried to sell thirteen artifacts from the collection of the museum. To date 457 of the...

- Five More Objects Returned To Cairo Museum
Five more objects stolen from the Cairo museum have been recovered including a bronze scepter head and four statuettes of gods. Four of the bronzes are in good condition however a bronze of an Apis bull was returned broken though the report says it can...

- The State Of Egypt
Here is an article on the state of the artifacts damaged and stolen from the Egyptian museum. The article also talks about the state of the archaeological sites around Egypt including tombs that were broken into during the recent revolution....

- More Objects Found
Here we have a heartening report from Dr. Hawass on the recovery of more damaged artifacts found in and around the museum. Among the artifacts found is Yuya's heart scarab and one of his shabti's....

- More On Restorations
We have another article on the damage caused to artifacts in the Cairo museum though this article seems to have a little more information on the mummies damaged....



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