Egypt
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- The Mystery Of ‘the Starving Of Saqqara
Past Horizons Grotesque or beautiful? – Rare antiquity or outright fake? – For more than a decade Concordia University has investigated the origins of a mysterious sculpture. Once part of the Diniacopoulos Collection of Mediterranean antiquities,...
- Germany Lends Statue To Egypt For Show
IOL Egypt said on Tuesday that Germany had agreed to return a 4500-year-old ancient Egyptian statue for a temporary exhibition at the inauguration of the new Egyptian Museum in 2011. Antiquity supremo Zahi Hawass said the Roman and Pelizaeus Museum in...
- Formal Request For Loan Of Antiquities For Museum Opening
http://tinyurl.com/2aupub (sis.gov.eg)"The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has formally requested the temporary display of unique ancient Egyptian antiquities kept in several museums abroad during the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum in...
- More Artefacts To Be Requested For Museum Opening
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070429/ap_on_en_ot/egypt_antiquities_4"Egypt said Sunday it would seek the temporary return of some of its most precious artifacts from museums abroad, including the Rosetta Stone and a bust of Nefertiti. The country's...
- Egypt Seeks Help In Getting Back Artifacts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5139396,00.html"Egypt announced Wednesday it was launching a campaign for the return of five of its most precious artifacts from museums abroad, including the Rosetta Stone in London and the graceful...
Egypt
More re loan of Hemiunu to Egypt
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On October 2, 2007, Independent Online reported that the Roemer-und Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Germany agreed to lend the massive Hemiunu Seated (ca. 2540 B.C.) sculpture to Egypt for the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids of Giza, projected for sometime in 2011. The limestone statue with traces of paint from Egypt's Old Kingdom period (2649-2150 B.C.) depicts the portly nephew of Pharaoh Khufu (r. 2551-2528 B.C.). Among the numerous titles inlaid on the sculpture's base, one strongly suggests that Hemiunu, a vizier or high official in his uncle's government, was the king's architect for his Great Pyramid at Giza. Hemiunu Seated made a rare transatlantic appearance at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids (September 16, 1999-January 9, 2000).
- The Mystery Of ‘the Starving Of Saqqara
Past Horizons Grotesque or beautiful? – Rare antiquity or outright fake? – For more than a decade Concordia University has investigated the origins of a mysterious sculpture. Once part of the Diniacopoulos Collection of Mediterranean antiquities,...
- Germany Lends Statue To Egypt For Show
IOL Egypt said on Tuesday that Germany had agreed to return a 4500-year-old ancient Egyptian statue for a temporary exhibition at the inauguration of the new Egyptian Museum in 2011. Antiquity supremo Zahi Hawass said the Roman and Pelizaeus Museum in...
- Formal Request For Loan Of Antiquities For Museum Opening
http://tinyurl.com/2aupub (sis.gov.eg)"The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has formally requested the temporary display of unique ancient Egyptian antiquities kept in several museums abroad during the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum in...
- More Artefacts To Be Requested For Museum Opening
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070429/ap_on_en_ot/egypt_antiquities_4"Egypt said Sunday it would seek the temporary return of some of its most precious artifacts from museums abroad, including the Rosetta Stone and a bust of Nefertiti. The country's...
- Egypt Seeks Help In Getting Back Artifacts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5139396,00.html"Egypt announced Wednesday it was launching a campaign for the return of five of its most precious artifacts from museums abroad, including the Rosetta Stone in London and the graceful...