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- Mexicans Arrested For Stealing Egyptian Antiquities In Chile
Latin American Herald Tribune Two Mexicans were arrested when they were caught trying to steal priceless Egyptian antiquities from an exhibition in Chile’s capital, police said Sunday. Jose Garcia Nielsen, 24, and Alberto Tinajo Cazares, 22, were caught...
- Photo For Today - Close Up Of Rii Obelisk In Rome
Updates: I have been playing catch-up and there are several stories still on my laptop which need to be posted. I'll be adding them over the next couple of days. Obelisk of Ramesses II Piazza della Rotunda, Rome See previous post for full details....
- New Book: Obelisk: A History
PennState Live Brian A. Curran, associate professor of art history at Penn State, is a co-author of "Obelisk: A History," published in April 2009 by MIT Press. The illustrated book traces the fate and many meanings of obelisks -- giant standing stones...
- Egyptian Sunken Antiquities Carried To Italy
Egypt State Information Service Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif approved moving the Egyptian sunken antiquities exhibition from the city of Madrid, Spain to the Italian capital Rome. To be inaugurated next week. The exhibition is of special importance since...
- First Phase Of Aksum Obelisk Re-installation Successfully Completed
UNESCO Not exactly an Ancient Egypt news, but the report is about an obelisk stolen by the Italian government of Mussolini pre World War II, its return in 2005 and its final reinstallation in its original location after 70 years. The first phase of the...
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Egyptian obelisk amongst Rome monuments vandalised
BBC News (David Willey)
Three historic monuments have been attacked by vandals in the Italian capital, Rome.
In the first attack, a man was caught on security cameras chipping two pieces off a marble statue on a fountain in the Piazza Navona.
Hours later tourists watched as a man threw a rock at the famous Trevi Fountain in the centre of the city.
Police then said they caught an American student scaling a wall of the Colosseum to chip off pieces of marble. . . .
Part of an Egyptian obelisk brought to Rome 2,000 years ago has just been covered in graffiti.
- Mexicans Arrested For Stealing Egyptian Antiquities In Chile
Latin American Herald Tribune Two Mexicans were arrested when they were caught trying to steal priceless Egyptian antiquities from an exhibition in Chile’s capital, police said Sunday. Jose Garcia Nielsen, 24, and Alberto Tinajo Cazares, 22, were caught...
- Photo For Today - Close Up Of Rii Obelisk In Rome
Updates: I have been playing catch-up and there are several stories still on my laptop which need to be posted. I'll be adding them over the next couple of days. Obelisk of Ramesses II Piazza della Rotunda, Rome See previous post for full details....
- New Book: Obelisk: A History
PennState Live Brian A. Curran, associate professor of art history at Penn State, is a co-author of "Obelisk: A History," published in April 2009 by MIT Press. The illustrated book traces the fate and many meanings of obelisks -- giant standing stones...
- Egyptian Sunken Antiquities Carried To Italy
Egypt State Information Service Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif approved moving the Egyptian sunken antiquities exhibition from the city of Madrid, Spain to the Italian capital Rome. To be inaugurated next week. The exhibition is of special importance since...
- First Phase Of Aksum Obelisk Re-installation Successfully Completed
UNESCO Not exactly an Ancient Egypt news, but the report is about an obelisk stolen by the Italian government of Mussolini pre World War II, its return in 2005 and its final reinstallation in its original location after 70 years. The first phase of the...