Egypt
Ahram Online
With photo.
- Recovery Of Items From Qantara East
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Bronze coins and clay vessels stolen from the Qantara East archaeological magazines were recovered. Following archaeological investigations, a committee from the ministry of state for antiquities (MSA) approved the authenticity...
- Tel El Dabaa Warehouse Break-in
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Armed looters broke in to the Tel El-Dabaa antiquities warehouse on Thursday, stealing artifacts and breaking several pieces of the stored collection. Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, head of the Central Administration of Antiquities...
- 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,...
- A Rich Handover
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/eg7.htm A cache of artefacts hidden in Egypt since 1971 have been released from confiscation. The items include "a number of anthropoid sarcophagi, painted mummy masks, Ancient Egyptian ushabti figurines (wooden statuettes),...
- Objects Stolen From Qantara Storage
The final report is out on the objects stolen from the Qantara magazine after the 29th of January and before the contents of the magazine were taken to the Cairo museum. The report states that some 800 objects are missing from many historical periods...
Egypt
More re items missing from Qantara East
Ahram Online
With photo.
Following a detailed archaeological inventory on the collection of artefacts stored in the Qantara-East warehouse, some 800 objects from the ancient Egyptian, Graeco and Islamic eras were found missing.
The objects derived from archaeological sites in Ismailia as well as North and South Sinai, which have been scientifically documented and published. The missing objects include of a large collection of clay vessels, bronze coins, scarabs, and amulets, as well as wooden arrows, textiles, amphora and a headless limestone statue inscribed with hieroglyphic text.
- Recovery Of Items From Qantara East
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Bronze coins and clay vessels stolen from the Qantara East archaeological magazines were recovered. Following archaeological investigations, a committee from the ministry of state for antiquities (MSA) approved the authenticity...
- Tel El Dabaa Warehouse Break-in
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Armed looters broke in to the Tel El-Dabaa antiquities warehouse on Thursday, stealing artifacts and breaking several pieces of the stored collection. Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, head of the Central Administration of Antiquities...
- 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,...
- A Rich Handover
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/eg7.htm A cache of artefacts hidden in Egypt since 1971 have been released from confiscation. The items include "a number of anthropoid sarcophagi, painted mummy masks, Ancient Egyptian ushabti figurines (wooden statuettes),...
- Objects Stolen From Qantara Storage
The final report is out on the objects stolen from the Qantara magazine after the 29th of January and before the contents of the magazine were taken to the Cairo museum. The report states that some 800 objects are missing from many historical periods...