Egypt
This article is on the Rosetta stone and Egypt's Secretary general of the Supreme counsel of antiquities desire to have it back not as a loan but permanent. In recent weeks Dr. Zahi Hawass has become less diplomatic with not only the British museum but also Berlin's Neues museum over a bust of an Amarna queen and the Louvre over frescoes now returned, though Dr. Hawass still expects the Louvre to give back to Egypt the Denderah Zodiac.
Interesting in the article was the mention that the good doctor also wants the statue of Ramses II in the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. A statue Dr. Hawass said himself he did not appreciate that was until the museum installed new lighting.
Dr. Hawass has long been known for the chip on his shoulder against Egypt's former colonial overlords, as a result his wrath is directed at the benefactors of those powers including the Louvre and the British museum. Berlin only comes into the game since the bust of the queen has been stolen in his mind and maybe so.
In Dr. Hawass' favour it must be said that he has been asking for these to be loaned to Egypt for more than five years with only the loan of the statue of Hemiunu otherwise the rest of the asked institutions have basically ignored his requests.
Unfortunately over the last five years Dr. Hawass' intentions have become most clear particularly with Berlin's bust. Such a threatening environment created by the doctor may have left other institutions wondering how you can lend an object in good faith to someone who believes you stole it from them?
- Repatriation
10 Reasons Why the Bust of Nefertiti Should Stay in the Neues Museum Heritage Key Bija Knowles There's not much chance that Egypt would have received that reassuring phone call from President Sarkozy had the Louvre's access to excavations at Saqqara...
- 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...
- Issues Surrounding The Nefertiti Bust.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/797/he1.htmNevine El-Aref talking about the request, made by Zahi Hawass, to lend Egypt the famous Nefertiti bust, currently on permanent display in Berlin, for a three month period: "Hawass asked the German government...
- Nefertiti Going Nowhere
Germany's Minister of Culture Bern Nuemann said today that the bust of Nefertiti in the Neues museum in Berlin will stay in Berlin. The minister was responding to the Egyptian Minister of culture Dr. Zahi Hawass who keeps threatening to make an official...
- Holes In Egypt's National Collection
Here we go again with another attempt by Dr. Zahi Hawass to have the Rosetta stone, the bust of an unknown Amarna queen in Berlin and other artifacts to be returned to Egypt. Greece and Italy are up to the same thing with their own desire to re acquire...
Egypt
Not a Loan
This article is on the Rosetta stone and Egypt's Secretary general of the Supreme counsel of antiquities desire to have it back not as a loan but permanent. In recent weeks Dr. Zahi Hawass has become less diplomatic with not only the British museum but also Berlin's Neues museum over a bust of an Amarna queen and the Louvre over frescoes now returned, though Dr. Hawass still expects the Louvre to give back to Egypt the Denderah Zodiac.Interesting in the article was the mention that the good doctor also wants the statue of Ramses II in the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. A statue Dr. Hawass said himself he did not appreciate that was until the museum installed new lighting.
Dr. Hawass has long been known for the chip on his shoulder against Egypt's former colonial overlords, as a result his wrath is directed at the benefactors of those powers including the Louvre and the British museum. Berlin only comes into the game since the bust of the queen has been stolen in his mind and maybe so.
In Dr. Hawass' favour it must be said that he has been asking for these to be loaned to Egypt for more than five years with only the loan of the statue of Hemiunu otherwise the rest of the asked institutions have basically ignored his requests.
Unfortunately over the last five years Dr. Hawass' intentions have become most clear particularly with Berlin's bust. Such a threatening environment created by the doctor may have left other institutions wondering how you can lend an object in good faith to someone who believes you stole it from them?
- Repatriation
10 Reasons Why the Bust of Nefertiti Should Stay in the Neues Museum Heritage Key Bija Knowles There's not much chance that Egypt would have received that reassuring phone call from President Sarkozy had the Louvre's access to excavations at Saqqara...
- 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...
- Issues Surrounding The Nefertiti Bust.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/797/he1.htmNevine El-Aref talking about the request, made by Zahi Hawass, to lend Egypt the famous Nefertiti bust, currently on permanent display in Berlin, for a three month period: "Hawass asked the German government...
- Nefertiti Going Nowhere
Germany's Minister of Culture Bern Nuemann said today that the bust of Nefertiti in the Neues museum in Berlin will stay in Berlin. The minister was responding to the Egyptian Minister of culture Dr. Zahi Hawass who keeps threatening to make an official...
- Holes In Egypt's National Collection
Here we go again with another attempt by Dr. Zahi Hawass to have the Rosetta stone, the bust of an unknown Amarna queen in Berlin and other artifacts to be returned to Egypt. Greece and Italy are up to the same thing with their own desire to re acquire...