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Egypt
Hawass returns stolen antiquity to Iraq
Egypt Daily Star News
Supreme Council of Antiquities Chief Zahi Hawas announced that he will return a stolen statue of a Mesopotamian woman to her home country in Iraq at a press conference in the Egyptian Museum on Sunday.
“We sent many letters to the governments of America and Britain to protect the ancient artifacts,” said Hawas.
Iraqi ambassador to Egypt Abdel Hady Fadel said that Iraq is currently cooperating with UNESCO and the Interpol to end the smuggling of ancient artifacts out of Iraq which began after the US-led 2003 invasion. “There are still many ancient artifacts from Iraq that are still missing.”
See the above page for more.
Also covered by the Associated Press
- Egypt Offers To Help Restore Iraqi Antiquities
Al Masry Al Youm Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass said on Friday that Egypt is ready to help Iraq recover stolen antiquities from other foreign countries and museums. According to news reports, Egypt over the past six months has restored about 5000 artifacts...
- Repatriation: More Re Rosetta
Daily Times, Pakistan Egypt will host a conference in April for countries demanding the return of their antiquities, stolen but on display in museums round the world, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said. The conference will “discuss the question...
- Repatriation: Egypt And Others
Monsters and Critics (Shabtai Gold) Egypt's antiquities chief announced plans on Wednesday for a conference to help coordinate the strategy of African and Asian countries who had artifacts 'stolen' from them. 'At the end of March we will...
- Alleged Egyptian Antiquities Smuggler Apprehended
Monsters and Critics A Lebanese antiquities dealer was arrested in Bulgaria after being charged with smuggling stolen ancient Egyptian artifacts, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said on Thursday. 'Ali Abu Taam was accused of smuggling...
- Exhibition: Art And Empire - Treasures From Assyria In The British Museum
Art Daily "Tenuous" seems to be the word of the month. We need more sphinxes to be uncovered! This exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in about the Assyrian art of Iraq. It might be of interest to anyone examining the links between Egypt and...