Egypt
- Protests Against Hawass
Al Masry Al Youm (Ola El-Saket Mohamed Azouz) As Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities minister, traveled to Peru on Sunday to represent Egypt in the second Conference on Retrieving Stolen Artifacts, dozens of people protested outside the Ministry of Defense...
- Repatriation: Egypt And Others
Monsters and Critics (Shabtai Gold) Egypt's antiquities chief announced plans on Wednesday for a conference to help coordinate the strategy of African and Asian countries who had artifacts 'stolen' from them. 'At the end of March we will...
- More Re Ramesses Ii Hair
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/840/eg2.htmhttp://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/840/_eg2.htm (image of the hair)"There was excitement at the Egyptian Museum on Tuesday when dozens of Egyptian and foreign journalists and photographers crowded on the first floor...
- Hair Of Ramesses Ii On Display In Egypt
http://tinyurl.com/2as3lk (myfoxtampabay.com) "Locks of 3,200-year-old hair from the pharaoh Ramses II were unveiled at the Egyptian Museum on Tuesday, returned to Egypt after being stolen 30 years ago in France and put up for sale on the Internet. The...
- Restitution Of Egyptian Artifacts
http://www.recirca.com/artnews/531.shtmlShort piece, second on the above page, about Zahi Hawass and restitution of artefacts: "Dr. Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, has for a long time ago had a dream, the restitution...
Egypt
Repatriating Egyptian antiquities
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7622
"In 2003 Hawass set up The Department for Retrieving Stolen Artifacts to trace stolen artifacts. Head of the department Ibrahim Adel Meguid, said the department was able to return about 5,000 monuments from different countries since its establishment, including the mummy of King Ramses, two Egyptian masks and the status of King Amenhotob.
He said that the latest monuments returned to Egypt are the remnants of hair, linen bandages and resin used in the mummification of the 19th dynasty king Ramses, after 30 years of being in France. Two alabaster duck-shaped food boxes from Dahshur were also returned . . . . Abdel Meguid said that the department tries to track down stolen documented artifacts and investigates if they are offered for sale on the international market through the various auctions on the internet. 'There are two main auctions taking place twice a year. We monitor them to know if they are selling any of our stolen artifacts by examining their description in the catalogs,' said Abdel Meguid.
If a stolen piece is found in any of the auctions, the SCA informs the embassy of the country where the monument is being offered and demands its return through either diplomatic or legal means."
See the above page for the full story. As always with the Daily Star, this is much easier to view in Internet Explorer. It does some very strange things in Firefox.
"In 2003 Hawass set up The Department for Retrieving Stolen Artifacts to trace stolen artifacts. Head of the department Ibrahim Adel Meguid, said the department was able to return about 5,000 monuments from different countries since its establishment, including the mummy of King Ramses, two Egyptian masks and the status of King Amenhotob.
He said that the latest monuments returned to Egypt are the remnants of hair, linen bandages and resin used in the mummification of the 19th dynasty king Ramses, after 30 years of being in France. Two alabaster duck-shaped food boxes from Dahshur were also returned . . . . Abdel Meguid said that the department tries to track down stolen documented artifacts and investigates if they are offered for sale on the international market through the various auctions on the internet. 'There are two main auctions taking place twice a year. We monitor them to know if they are selling any of our stolen artifacts by examining their description in the catalogs,' said Abdel Meguid.
If a stolen piece is found in any of the auctions, the SCA informs the embassy of the country where the monument is being offered and demands its return through either diplomatic or legal means."
See the above page for the full story. As always with the Daily Star, this is much easier to view in Internet Explorer. It does some very strange things in Firefox.
- Protests Against Hawass
Al Masry Al Youm (Ola El-Saket Mohamed Azouz) As Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities minister, traveled to Peru on Sunday to represent Egypt in the second Conference on Retrieving Stolen Artifacts, dozens of people protested outside the Ministry of Defense...
- Repatriation: Egypt And Others
Monsters and Critics (Shabtai Gold) Egypt's antiquities chief announced plans on Wednesday for a conference to help coordinate the strategy of African and Asian countries who had artifacts 'stolen' from them. 'At the end of March we will...
- More Re Ramesses Ii Hair
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/840/eg2.htmhttp://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/840/_eg2.htm (image of the hair)"There was excitement at the Egyptian Museum on Tuesday when dozens of Egyptian and foreign journalists and photographers crowded on the first floor...
- Hair Of Ramesses Ii On Display In Egypt
http://tinyurl.com/2as3lk (myfoxtampabay.com) "Locks of 3,200-year-old hair from the pharaoh Ramses II were unveiled at the Egyptian Museum on Tuesday, returned to Egypt after being stolen 30 years ago in France and put up for sale on the Internet. The...
- Restitution Of Egyptian Artifacts
http://www.recirca.com/artnews/531.shtmlShort piece, second on the above page, about Zahi Hawass and restitution of artefacts: "Dr. Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, has for a long time ago had a dream, the restitution...