Egypt
Luxor Times
- More Re Return Of Imesby
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With two photos. You don't know what you've got till it's gone. Nevine El-Aref reports on the return of a previously unknown coffin that was only found thanks to the diligence of US customs officers Following...
- Us To Return 21st Dynasty Sarcophagus To Egypt
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) U.S. authorities will return a beautifully painted 3,000-year-old coffin to Egypt, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni said on Monday. Decorated with colorful religious scenes, the ornamented coffin contains the remains...
- Third Intermediate Period Coffin Seized In Miami
Looting Matters (David Gill) A Third Intermediate Coffin belonging to the 21st Dynasty Pharaoh Ames has been confiscated in Miami ("Egypt wants a 3,000-year-old coffin back from US", AP March 22, 2009). Zahi Hawass claims that the wooden coffin was removed...
- Mummy Gets Her Name
Here we have the Perth Museums mummy acquired by the museum in 1936 and believed to come from ancient Egypt's 25th-26th dynasties. The lady named on the lid has the name of Takherheb and is in very nice condition. The mummy and coffin are...
- A Pharaoh's Coffin?
Apparently Dr. Hawass said of this coffin that it belonged to a king of the twenty first dynasty though clearly this is not a coffin of a pharaoh and I have some doubt Dr. Hawass would have said that. The coffin was confiscated in Florida and is about...
Egypt
Enforcing the new antiquities law
Luxor Times
The Supreme Council of Antiquities decided to confiscate a wooden coffin with a mummy inside dated back to 26th or 27th dynasty. The coffin was in a bazaar in town down Alexandria. The decision was taken according to the new antiquities law which states that owners of genuine antiquities in Egypt can register the antiquities and keep it in their possession as long as it is preserved in a good condition otherwise it will taken back by the SCA. In this case the coffin was stored in a bad condition. On the other side, the lady who owns the bazaar is asking for a million dollar compensation as she said she has inherited the coffin beside a collection of 694 objects of ancient Egyptian and roman artefacts.
- More Re Return Of Imesby
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With two photos. You don't know what you've got till it's gone. Nevine El-Aref reports on the return of a previously unknown coffin that was only found thanks to the diligence of US customs officers Following...
- Us To Return 21st Dynasty Sarcophagus To Egypt
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) U.S. authorities will return a beautifully painted 3,000-year-old coffin to Egypt, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni said on Monday. Decorated with colorful religious scenes, the ornamented coffin contains the remains...
- Third Intermediate Period Coffin Seized In Miami
Looting Matters (David Gill) A Third Intermediate Coffin belonging to the 21st Dynasty Pharaoh Ames has been confiscated in Miami ("Egypt wants a 3,000-year-old coffin back from US", AP March 22, 2009). Zahi Hawass claims that the wooden coffin was removed...
- Mummy Gets Her Name
Here we have the Perth Museums mummy acquired by the museum in 1936 and believed to come from ancient Egypt's 25th-26th dynasties. The lady named on the lid has the name of Takherheb and is in very nice condition. The mummy and coffin are...
- A Pharaoh's Coffin?
Apparently Dr. Hawass said of this coffin that it belonged to a king of the twenty first dynasty though clearly this is not a coffin of a pharaoh and I have some doubt Dr. Hawass would have said that. The coffin was confiscated in Florida and is about...