Egypt
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o250225f.htm
"The Egyptian Embassy in London yesterday received seven pieces of antiquities that date back to the pre-dynasty era from Bonham after intensive contacts with the British authorities and the auction hall officials". I assume that this refers to the auction house Bonham's. The items were apparently stolen from Cairo in 2002.
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http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o220825e.htm"The Egyptian Embassy in Amman had contacts with the Jordanian authorities to bring back to Egypt a statue dating back to the Pharaonic era. Jordanian Customs authorities seized the statue when a person...
Egypt
Egyptian embassy retrieves stolen antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o250225f.htm
"The Egyptian Embassy in London yesterday received seven pieces of antiquities that date back to the pre-dynasty era from Bonham after intensive contacts with the British authorities and the auction hall officials". I assume that this refers to the auction house Bonham's. The items were apparently stolen from Cairo in 2002.
- Australia Returns 122 Items To Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) After a decade of lying hidden in storehouses at auction halls in Melbourne, Australia, a collection of 122 ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman artefacts is to return to Egypt on 5 November. An archaeological mission led by...
- Bizarre Results Of Auction Of Carter's Papers
Daily Mail Last month I posted about the sale of Howard Carter's papers at Bonham's (where full details of the lot are detailed) and only yesterday I was on the Bonham's website puzzling over why the lot simply wasn't showing on the list...
- Pirated Skulls Come Home
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Nevine El Aref has been busy this week. This is a nice compliment to her previous article (below) about the National Committee to Return Smuggled Antiquities. A 26th-dynasty limestone relief and two Graeco-Roman skulls...
- Smuggled Artefacts Returning To Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The two ancient Egyptian objects were saved for the nation when the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) succeeded in halting their sale in London and Amsterdam respectively as part of its campaign to stamp out the trade...
- Egyptian-jordanian Contacts To Restore Statue
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o220825e.htm"The Egyptian Embassy in Amman had contacts with the Jordanian authorities to bring back to Egypt a statue dating back to the Pharaonic era. Jordanian Customs authorities seized the statue when a person...