Egypt
Los Angeles Times
- Luxor Court Sentences 11 People For Stealing Antiquities
Egypt Independent The Luxor Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced in absentia six people to life imprisonment and five others to 10 years in prison for armed robbery of the antiquity storage area belonging to the German mission in...
- Fallout From The Theft Of The Poppy Flowers
Egypt Daily News (Hadeel Al-Shalchi) With the alarms out and few cameras working, the thieves took advantage of the afternoon period when security guards were busy praying during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The thieves used a box cutter to slice...
- Short Survey - Should The Retrieval Of Egyptian Antiquities Be A Government Priority?
Al Masry Al Youm (Heba Helmy) After the theft last month of Van Gogh’s famous "Poppy Flowers" painting--valued at US$55 million--from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum, concerns have arisen about the relative safety of the country’s precious artworks...
- Egypt To Improve Museum Security After Van Gogh Theft
Bloomberg Businessweek (Alaa Shahine) Egypt plans to set up a security control room to monitor all museums after the theft of a $55 million Vincent van Gogh painting in Cairo, Zahi Hawass, head of the country’s antiquities agency said today. Culture...
- Egyptian Deputy Minister Detained Over Van Gogh Theft
Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered the detention of deputy minister for culture Mohsen Shalaan in a case which involved the theft of a painting by Van Gogh from the Mahmoud Khalil museum in Cairo. The painting known as "poppy flowers" was stolen from...
Egypt
Egypt court jails officials over Van Gogh theft
Los Angeles Times
An Egyptian court Thursday jailed five officials, including a former head of the state's fine arts department, over the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million, state media said.
"Vase with Viscaria" was stolen in August from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil museum, home to one of the Middle East's finest collections of 19th and 20th-century art.
The state MENA news agency and court officials said the five had been found guilty of "causing the theft of the painting," without giving further details.
- Luxor Court Sentences 11 People For Stealing Antiquities
Egypt Independent The Luxor Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced in absentia six people to life imprisonment and five others to 10 years in prison for armed robbery of the antiquity storage area belonging to the German mission in...
- Fallout From The Theft Of The Poppy Flowers
Egypt Daily News (Hadeel Al-Shalchi) With the alarms out and few cameras working, the thieves took advantage of the afternoon period when security guards were busy praying during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The thieves used a box cutter to slice...
- Short Survey - Should The Retrieval Of Egyptian Antiquities Be A Government Priority?
Al Masry Al Youm (Heba Helmy) After the theft last month of Van Gogh’s famous "Poppy Flowers" painting--valued at US$55 million--from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum, concerns have arisen about the relative safety of the country’s precious artworks...
- Egypt To Improve Museum Security After Van Gogh Theft
Bloomberg Businessweek (Alaa Shahine) Egypt plans to set up a security control room to monitor all museums after the theft of a $55 million Vincent van Gogh painting in Cairo, Zahi Hawass, head of the country’s antiquities agency said today. Culture...
- Egyptian Deputy Minister Detained Over Van Gogh Theft
Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered the detention of deputy minister for culture Mohsen Shalaan in a case which involved the theft of a painting by Van Gogh from the Mahmoud Khalil museum in Cairo. The painting known as "poppy flowers" was stolen from...