Egypt
Cultural Heritage Lawyer (Rick St Hilaire)
- More Re Icom Red List
The Art Newspaper (Martin Bailey) The International Council of Museums (Icom) published an “emergency red list” of Egyptian cultural objects at risk of being illegally traded earlier this month. It presents categories of objects (rather than individual...
- Alerts Issued Re Egyptian Antiquities
UNESCO UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has called for increased vigilance from national and international authorities, art dealers and collectors following reports of the theft of several important relics from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and other...
- More From Icom: Egyptian-sudanese Cooperation
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o081025b.htm "Egypt, Sudan to promote cooperation in antiquity field. The start of a giant Egyptian-Sudanese project in the field of antiquities was announced by Regine Schuiz, Chairperson of the International Committee...
- Forthcoming Session Of The World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=185 "The 29th Session of the World Heritage Committee will be held in Durban, South Africa from 10 to 17 July 2005. The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention...
- Osiris Returns
A small good news story on the return of a couple of statuettes of Osiris stolen from the Malawi museum. The Minister of state of Antiquities put out a call to those who plundered the museum to hand over the stolen artifacts without fear of repercussions....
Egypt
Red List Announced Covering At-Risk Egyptian Cultural Objects
Cultural Heritage Lawyer (Rick St Hilaire)
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) today announced that it would soon release a Red List for Egypt. Red Lists describe various types of cultural objects that are considered to be at-risk. Such lists have been created for cultural objects from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Africa, and seven other places.
Regarding Egypt, ICOM's December-January e-newsletter states:
"Following several months of preparation, ICOM is delighted to announce the official launch of a new Red List in the coming weeks. The Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk, the 11thpublication in ICOM’s Red List series and its third Emergency Red List, is one of the tangible outcomes of ICOM’s involvement in the protection of Egyptian cultural heritage, following the events that shook the country in the past year. The List was drafted in close collaboration with members of ICOM’s International Committee for Egyptology (CIPEG), national and international experts in Egyptian art and antiquities, and the Ministry of Antiquities of Egypt."
- More Re Icom Red List
The Art Newspaper (Martin Bailey) The International Council of Museums (Icom) published an “emergency red list” of Egyptian cultural objects at risk of being illegally traded earlier this month. It presents categories of objects (rather than individual...
- Alerts Issued Re Egyptian Antiquities
UNESCO UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has called for increased vigilance from national and international authorities, art dealers and collectors following reports of the theft of several important relics from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and other...
- More From Icom: Egyptian-sudanese Cooperation
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o081025b.htm "Egypt, Sudan to promote cooperation in antiquity field. The start of a giant Egyptian-Sudanese project in the field of antiquities was announced by Regine Schuiz, Chairperson of the International Committee...
- Forthcoming Session Of The World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=185 "The 29th Session of the World Heritage Committee will be held in Durban, South Africa from 10 to 17 July 2005. The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention...
- Osiris Returns
A small good news story on the return of a couple of statuettes of Osiris stolen from the Malawi museum. The Minister of state of Antiquities put out a call to those who plundered the museum to hand over the stolen artifacts without fear of repercussions....