Egypt
A museum director in the United states is accused of stealing Egyptian artifacts and selling them at auction.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/ex-museum-director-to-surrender-in-theft-of-artifacts-1.1451120
- Misappropriation Of Funds From King Tut Exhibit
Al Masry Al Youm The Public Funds Prosecution is investigating accusations made by Nour Abdel Samad, director of Egypt’s archaeological sites, that former First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass misappropriated public funds using...
- Alleged Artifact Thieves Referred For Military Trial
Al Masry Al Youm The Tourism and Antiquities Police referred two suspects accused of stealing artifacts from the Egyptian Museum for military trial, according to an Interior Ministry statement released Monday. The statement said the antiquities police,...
- Bowers Unwraps A New Mummy Exhibit
http://horus.vcsa.uci.edu/article.php?id=4063"Hailing from the deserts of Egypt, across the Atlantic Ocean, and now settled snugly for a limited time in Orange County, comes the Bowers Museum’s Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt … Treasures...
- Egyptian Officials Charged With Smuggling
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4670995,00.html This disturbing article concerns the theft of 57,000 artifacts from antiquity warehouses. The acused officials are thought to have been part of a gang that the government now accuses...
- Former Director Of Long Island Museum Theft Sentenced
The Former director of Long Island University's Hillwood museum has been sentenced to a year and a day and $5000 fine for stealing Egyptian antiquities from the institutions collection. Barry Stern admitted he had stolen nine objects including a statuette...
Egypt
Ex-museum Director Charged in Theft
A museum director in the United states is accused of stealing Egyptian artifacts and selling them at auction.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/ex-museum-director-to-surrender-in-theft-of-artifacts-1.1451120
- Misappropriation Of Funds From King Tut Exhibit
Al Masry Al Youm The Public Funds Prosecution is investigating accusations made by Nour Abdel Samad, director of Egypt’s archaeological sites, that former First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass misappropriated public funds using...
- Alleged Artifact Thieves Referred For Military Trial
Al Masry Al Youm The Tourism and Antiquities Police referred two suspects accused of stealing artifacts from the Egyptian Museum for military trial, according to an Interior Ministry statement released Monday. The statement said the antiquities police,...
- Bowers Unwraps A New Mummy Exhibit
http://horus.vcsa.uci.edu/article.php?id=4063"Hailing from the deserts of Egypt, across the Atlantic Ocean, and now settled snugly for a limited time in Orange County, comes the Bowers Museum’s Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt … Treasures...
- Egyptian Officials Charged With Smuggling
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4670995,00.html This disturbing article concerns the theft of 57,000 artifacts from antiquity warehouses. The acused officials are thought to have been part of a gang that the government now accuses...
- Former Director Of Long Island Museum Theft Sentenced
The Former director of Long Island University's Hillwood museum has been sentenced to a year and a day and $5000 fine for stealing Egyptian antiquities from the institutions collection. Barry Stern admitted he had stolen nine objects including a statuette...