Egypt
- 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...
- Egypt To Receive Four Stolen Artifacts From The Uk
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) Four antiques from the time of King Amnehotep III will be returned to Egypt by the UK within days, said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mohamed Abdel Maksoud in a statement on Saturday. They...
- More Re Return Of Artefacts To Egypt From U.s.
Egypt State Information Service This is a somewhat confusing account, but here it is anyway: "Egypt's efforts will continue to retrieve our antiquities which were illegally taken," Dr. Zahi Hawas Secretary General of the Antiquities Supreme Council...
- Egypt Takes Legal Steps To Retrieve Missing Antiquities
http://news.africast.com/africastv/article.php?newsID=56663 "Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is taking legal steps to retrieve some antiquities to be sold at auctions in the world, the Egyptian Gazette daily reported Tuesday. SCA Secretary...
- Three Pharaonic Faces Retrieved From Greece
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o170525m.htm "Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni agreed to assign a delegation from the ministry under Ibrahim Abdul Meguid to restore three pieces of antiquities. The pieces are the portraits of the faces of three...
Egypt
Egypt verify artefacts seized by Police in San Francisco
El Masla
The El Masla website reports an Egyptian delegation will carry out a number of procedures to determine whether certain artefacts were taken out of Egypt illegally. Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawas stated that he received a letter from the Egyptian embassy in Washington informeing him that the American Security Bodies in San Francisco had contacted Egypt concerning a collection of rare pharaonic pieces offered for auction. Zahi Hawas has confirmed that if the pieces were removed from Egypt illegally, Egypt will demand that the American authorities return them to Egypt trough diplomatic means.
The article says that (as usual), legal action, witholding archeaological rights and other sanctions are being bandied around in the event that the U.S. don't offer immediate co-operation with Egypt's demands.
The article says that (as usual), legal action, witholding archeaological rights and other sanctions are being bandied around in the event that the U.S. don't offer immediate co-operation with Egypt's demands.
- 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...
- Egypt To Receive Four Stolen Artifacts From The Uk
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) Four antiques from the time of King Amnehotep III will be returned to Egypt by the UK within days, said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mohamed Abdel Maksoud in a statement on Saturday. They...
- More Re Return Of Artefacts To Egypt From U.s.
Egypt State Information Service This is a somewhat confusing account, but here it is anyway: "Egypt's efforts will continue to retrieve our antiquities which were illegally taken," Dr. Zahi Hawas Secretary General of the Antiquities Supreme Council...
- Egypt Takes Legal Steps To Retrieve Missing Antiquities
http://news.africast.com/africastv/article.php?newsID=56663 "Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is taking legal steps to retrieve some antiquities to be sold at auctions in the world, the Egyptian Gazette daily reported Tuesday. SCA Secretary...
- Three Pharaonic Faces Retrieved From Greece
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o170525m.htm "Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni agreed to assign a delegation from the ministry under Ibrahim Abdul Meguid to restore three pieces of antiquities. The pieces are the portraits of the faces of three...