Egypt
- Police Recover Pharaonic Artefacts Stolen In Wake Of Revolution
Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref) A collection of 35 ancient Egyptian artefacts stolen in the wake of last year's Tahrir Square uprising was recovered on Monday by Tourism and Antiquities police. The objects were found buried in sand close to the Horemhab...
- More Heritage Management Problems In Egypt
Aol News (Hamza Hendawi) The looting is part of a crime wave that has gripped Egypt since Jan. 28, when the police mysteriously disappeared from most of the country following deadly clashes with the anti-government protesters. The army was called out...
- Cairo Storehose Broken Into On Monday
Al Masry Al Youm Around 60 thieves broke into the Selim Hassan artifact storehouse near the Pyramids on Monday, said Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass. Hawass told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the army left the location when police were re-deployed, having...
- Mummy For Sale For $10m
http://tinyurl.com/duxox (News24.com) "Egyptian authorities arrested the owner of a souvenir shop near the pyramids plateau after receiving a tip that he had tried to sell a mummy for $10m, said a source from the Tourism and Antiquities police on Tuesday....
- Attempt To Smuggle Pharaoh's Statue Foiled
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050915-06373800-bc-egypt-smuggling.xml "Egyptian police have foiled an attempt to smuggle an ancient statue of Pharaoh Ramses II out of Egypt for sale to a foreign museum or private collector....
Egypt
More bad news about looting in Egypt
The Seattle Times (Hamza Hendawi)
Taking advantage of Egypt's political upheaval, thieves have gone on a treasure hunt with a spree of illegal digging, preying on the country's ancient Pharaonic heritage.
Illegal digs near ancient temples and in isolated desert sites have swelled a staggering 100-fold over the past 16 months since a popular uprising toppled Hosni Mubarak's 29-year regime and security fell apart in many areas as police simply stopped doing their jobs.
The pillaging comes on top of a wave of break-ins last year at archaeological storehouses — and even at Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, the country's biggest repository of Pharaonic artifacts.
Horrified archaeologists and antiquities authorities are scrambling to prevent smuggling, keeping a watch on European and American auction houses in case stolen artifacts show up there.
"Criminals became so bold they are digging in landmark areas." including near the Great Pyramids in Giza, other nearby pyramids and the grand temples of the southern city of Luxor, said Maj.-Gen. Abdel-Rahim Hassan, commander of the Tourism and Antiquities Police Department.
- Police Recover Pharaonic Artefacts Stolen In Wake Of Revolution
Ahram Online (Nevine el-Aref) A collection of 35 ancient Egyptian artefacts stolen in the wake of last year's Tahrir Square uprising was recovered on Monday by Tourism and Antiquities police. The objects were found buried in sand close to the Horemhab...
- More Heritage Management Problems In Egypt
Aol News (Hamza Hendawi) The looting is part of a crime wave that has gripped Egypt since Jan. 28, when the police mysteriously disappeared from most of the country following deadly clashes with the anti-government protesters. The army was called out...
- Cairo Storehose Broken Into On Monday
Al Masry Al Youm Around 60 thieves broke into the Selim Hassan artifact storehouse near the Pyramids on Monday, said Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass. Hawass told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the army left the location when police were re-deployed, having...
- Mummy For Sale For $10m
http://tinyurl.com/duxox (News24.com) "Egyptian authorities arrested the owner of a souvenir shop near the pyramids plateau after receiving a tip that he had tried to sell a mummy for $10m, said a source from the Tourism and Antiquities police on Tuesday....
- Attempt To Smuggle Pharaoh's Statue Foiled
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050915-06373800-bc-egypt-smuggling.xml "Egyptian police have foiled an attempt to smuggle an ancient statue of Pharaoh Ramses II out of Egypt for sale to a foreign museum or private collector....