Egypt
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown)
With photos.
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues (Paul Barford)
- The Situation At The Egyptian Museum In Cairo
Rather than post a series of links in my usual way I have aggregated all the news items about the Egyptian Museum from the last two weeks to form some sort of narrative. I hope that this helps readers to get a coherent idea of what has been happening....
- Replacements For Hawass Being Appointed?
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues (Paul Barford) Paul Barford says on his blog that the professor of archival studies at Cairo University, Dr Emad Abu Ghazi, will be the newly appointed Minister of Culture and Antiquities in Egypt, replacing...
- Update On Current State Of Antiquities
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Yesterday Hawass issued another update re the current state of antiquities in Egypt. Exerpt: Dr. Hawass said it seems the looters dropped objects as they fled, and every inch of the museum must be searched before the Registration,...
- Ushabti Stolen During Revolution Returns
A well known ushabti from Egypt's XXVI Dynasty was among the stolen pieces taken from the Cairo Museum during the January revolution of 2011 and the robbery of the museum. The ushabti was broken during its theft and its lower half was left in the...
- Four More Objects Returned
Four objects stolen from the Cairo museum during the revolution have been returned including the copper trumpet and its wood core both are in good shape. Also returned in good shape is one of Yuya and Thuyu's shabti's. Items returned broken include...
Egypt
Missing items recovered from Cairo Museum
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown)
With photos.
In yet another strange twist to the ongoing saga of the looting of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, two more of the stolen pieces have turned up. Where? Well, that’s the strange part – they were found INSIDE the museum itself during an inventory check of the museum contents.
How could this be?
Were they never actually stolen?
Were they simply ‘misplaced’?
Or were they stolen and then surreptitiously returned?
It is not the first time some of the stolen items were returned under bizarre circumstances. Readers of Talking Pyramids will remember the strange occurrence of the items that were reportedly left inside a black bag at the Shubra station and by sheer coincidence found by an employee of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA). This story was later changed, perhaps after it was realised to be too far fetched and unbelievable. The newer version of the same event was altered without any explanation.
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues (Paul Barford)
Paul looks at the inventory of lost items and attempts to work out what has and hasn't been returned to the museum.
- The Situation At The Egyptian Museum In Cairo
Rather than post a series of links in my usual way I have aggregated all the news items about the Egyptian Museum from the last two weeks to form some sort of narrative. I hope that this helps readers to get a coherent idea of what has been happening....
- Replacements For Hawass Being Appointed?
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues (Paul Barford) Paul Barford says on his blog that the professor of archival studies at Cairo University, Dr Emad Abu Ghazi, will be the newly appointed Minister of Culture and Antiquities in Egypt, replacing...
- Update On Current State Of Antiquities
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Yesterday Hawass issued another update re the current state of antiquities in Egypt. Exerpt: Dr. Hawass said it seems the looters dropped objects as they fled, and every inch of the museum must be searched before the Registration,...
- Ushabti Stolen During Revolution Returns
A well known ushabti from Egypt's XXVI Dynasty was among the stolen pieces taken from the Cairo Museum during the January revolution of 2011 and the robbery of the museum. The ushabti was broken during its theft and its lower half was left in the...
- Four More Objects Returned
Four objects stolen from the Cairo museum during the revolution have been returned including the copper trumpet and its wood core both are in good shape. Also returned in good shape is one of Yuya and Thuyu's shabti's. Items returned broken include...