Egypt
Heritage Key (Ann Wuyts)
- Foreign Missions Resume Their Archaeological Works In Upper Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) Polish, American and German archaeological missions are given government authorisation to resume important works in Luxor and Aswan This year’s October-December archaeological projects by foreign entities resume in full-swing...
- The Eighth Scientific Seminar For Archaeologists
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The eighth Scientific Seminar for Archaeologists has finally been held at the premises of the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) following a six-month hiatus since the 25 January Revolution. Life may be returning...
- Egyptian Registrars Graduate From Training Initiative
drhawass.com Good news to see that Egyptians are gaining qualifications to take up professions in Egyptology. Today the Egyptian Museum, the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) celebrated the graduation of the...
- New Law, New Effects
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Two months after the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) launched a new administration to document all the antiquities held in private possession, what are the results? Under the new Antiquities Law 3/2010, passed in...
- New Law Expected To Impose Penalties For Antiquities Trafficking And Copyright Of Egypt's Heritage
Al Ahram Weekly Parliament is shortly expected to endorse a draft law outlining severer penalties for antiquities trafficking and copyright of Egypt's heritage, Nevine El-Aref reports Protecting Egypt's cultural heritage from treasure hunters,...
Egypt
Expansion of Supreme Council of Antiquities
Heritage Key (Ann Wuyts)
Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities is to expand, with the addition of a new department for archaeological collections. Among its duties will be the registration of privately owned artefacts, as well as supervising the transfers of ownership on these items. The Archaeological Collections Administration is established to facilitate the execution of the newly amended Antiquities Protection Law. The announcement comes only days after Egypt held its first conference on the repatriation of artefacts, showing that Egypt's focus is not just on retrieving looting antiquities from foreign collections, but mapping and saveguarding those 'at home' as well.
Farouk Hosni, Egypt's Minister of Culture, announced the establishment of the first department for archaeological collections, the Archaeological Collections Administration (ACA), as a part of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). The new division will be responsible for determining the archaeological status of transferred individual or institutional collections in accordance with the recently amended Antiquities Protection Law.
Those amendments lead to tougher punishments for theft and smuggling of ancient treasures, as well as cancelling the percentage of movable antiquities that were previously granted to 'outstanding' foreign excavation missions who discovered then.
- Foreign Missions Resume Their Archaeological Works In Upper Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) Polish, American and German archaeological missions are given government authorisation to resume important works in Luxor and Aswan This year’s October-December archaeological projects by foreign entities resume in full-swing...
- The Eighth Scientific Seminar For Archaeologists
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The eighth Scientific Seminar for Archaeologists has finally been held at the premises of the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) following a six-month hiatus since the 25 January Revolution. Life may be returning...
- Egyptian Registrars Graduate From Training Initiative
drhawass.com Good news to see that Egyptians are gaining qualifications to take up professions in Egyptology. Today the Egyptian Museum, the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) celebrated the graduation of the...
- New Law, New Effects
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Two months after the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) launched a new administration to document all the antiquities held in private possession, what are the results? Under the new Antiquities Law 3/2010, passed in...
- New Law Expected To Impose Penalties For Antiquities Trafficking And Copyright Of Egypt's Heritage
Al Ahram Weekly Parliament is shortly expected to endorse a draft law outlining severer penalties for antiquities trafficking and copyright of Egypt's heritage, Nevine El-Aref reports Protecting Egypt's cultural heritage from treasure hunters,...