Egypt
- Australian Arrested For Smuggling In Egypt
SMH AN AUSTRALIAN antiques dealer has been arrested in Egypt for allegedly trying to smuggle two 2300-year-old animal mummies and religious figurines out of the country. It is believed Frank Bottaro, 61, who runs BC Galleries in Armadale, Melbourne, was...
- Arrest Over Burglary At Batley Museum
West Yorkshire Police A 35 year old man has been arrested in the Rochdale area in connection with a burglary which occurred at Bagshaw Museum at Wilton Park in Batley. Between 11 March 2005 and 12 March 2005 around £150,000 worth of Egyptian artefacts...
- Egyptian Policeman Arrested
http://tinyurl.com/236ekr (news.monstersandcritics.com) "Antiquities police arrested a police guard in the Egyptian governorate of Qena who attempted to sell four pharaonic statues to a rich Arab for 4 million US dollars, a police source said Friday....
- Mummy For Sale For $10m
http://tinyurl.com/duxox (News24.com) "Egyptian authorities arrested the owner of a souvenir shop near the pyramids plateau after receiving a tip that he had tried to sell a mummy for $10m, said a source from the Tourism and Antiquities police on Tuesday....
- Arrests Over Missing Statues
http://tinyurl.com/bvq3n "Egyptian police arrested two men on Saturday in connection with the disappearance of three 3000-year-old Pharaonic statues from the basement of the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo. Police captured the men, both of them employees...
Egypt
Egyptian artefacts in smuggled cache
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5358
"Greek police have arrested a woman suspected of antiquity smuggling after discovering a hoard of over 100 ancient Greek and Egyptian objects in houses owned by her and her two sons, police said Thursday.
Acting on a tip, officers arrested the 72-year-old woman at the coastal village of Karavomylos in central Greece, and are currently seeking her sons who live in London, the semi-state Athens News Agency (ANA) reported.
Among the items discovered is an alabaster vessel topped with the likeness of Horus, the falcon-headed ancient Egyptian sky god, two dozen semi-precious pearls, a stone seal bearing the form of the ancient Greek love goddess Venus, and a collection of prehistoric shells."
Acting on a tip, officers arrested the 72-year-old woman at the coastal village of Karavomylos in central Greece, and are currently seeking her sons who live in London, the semi-state Athens News Agency (ANA) reported.
Among the items discovered is an alabaster vessel topped with the likeness of Horus, the falcon-headed ancient Egyptian sky god, two dozen semi-precious pearls, a stone seal bearing the form of the ancient Greek love goddess Venus, and a collection of prehistoric shells."
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- Australian Arrested For Smuggling In Egypt
SMH AN AUSTRALIAN antiques dealer has been arrested in Egypt for allegedly trying to smuggle two 2300-year-old animal mummies and religious figurines out of the country. It is believed Frank Bottaro, 61, who runs BC Galleries in Armadale, Melbourne, was...
- Arrest Over Burglary At Batley Museum
West Yorkshire Police A 35 year old man has been arrested in the Rochdale area in connection with a burglary which occurred at Bagshaw Museum at Wilton Park in Batley. Between 11 March 2005 and 12 March 2005 around £150,000 worth of Egyptian artefacts...
- Egyptian Policeman Arrested
http://tinyurl.com/236ekr (news.monstersandcritics.com) "Antiquities police arrested a police guard in the Egyptian governorate of Qena who attempted to sell four pharaonic statues to a rich Arab for 4 million US dollars, a police source said Friday....
- Mummy For Sale For $10m
http://tinyurl.com/duxox (News24.com) "Egyptian authorities arrested the owner of a souvenir shop near the pyramids plateau after receiving a tip that he had tried to sell a mummy for $10m, said a source from the Tourism and Antiquities police on Tuesday....
- Arrests Over Missing Statues
http://tinyurl.com/bvq3n "Egyptian police arrested two men on Saturday in connection with the disappearance of three 3000-year-old Pharaonic statues from the basement of the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo. Police captured the men, both of them employees...