Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
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Egypt
Home from the range
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
A large number of pre-historic artefacts stolen from a Maadi storehouse have returned to Egypt, as Nevine El-Aref reports.
After touring around various American states, 79 pre-dynastic artefacts, including plain stone reliefs, ceramic and alabaster pots, and jewellery made of shells, is back home. The items are now being restored at the Egyptian Museum laboratory with a view to being placed on display at the museum's temporary exhibition hall before they are taken back to the Maadi storehouse from where they were taken six years ago.
The artefacts were handed over to the Egyptian consul-general in New York, Hussein Mubarak, at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's New York office.
"When [the military officer] stole these items from Egypt, he robbed a nation of part of its history," Peter J Smith, head of the New York customs office, was quoted as saying. "The repatriation of the Maadi artefacts reunites the people of Egypt with an important piece of their cultural heritage."
- Under The Pharaohs' Spell
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) This year, 2011, was indeed different for Egypt. A few days after the revolution broke out on 25 January, eventually toppling president Hosni Mubarak and his autocratic regime, the corrupt police force faded into the background...
- Repatriation: Tetiky Paintings Return To Egypt Fro Louvre In France
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photo. For anyone who missed the story there's a good summary on Al Ahram Weekly by Nevine El-Aref explaining the background to the return of the paintings to Egypt (also with photo). I am pleased that the five paintings...
- Egyptian Artefacts In Sweden To Return Home
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) An Egyptian antiquities collection at the …stergötlands Country Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, will soon be back in its homeland, Nevine El-Aref reports. After being on display for almost five decades at the …stergötlands...
- Egyptian Delegation To Inspect Stolen Antiquities
Egypt State Information Service The official response by Zahi Hawass and the SCA to the information that stolen artefacts from the important prehistoric site of Maadi (in the Cairo suburbs) have been recovered in the U.S., and a pilot has been arrested...
- Stolen Egyptian Artefacts Handed Over To Consulate
The New York Sun (Bradley Hope) A stolen4,500-year-old Egyptian relic that was to be included in a Christie's auction last year was returned to the consulate yesterday and will soon head to Egypt, officials said. The duck-shaped, alabaster vessel...