Egypt
During Egypt's President Mubarak's visit to France he will collect 5 fragments of tomb frescoes stolen from a tomb in the Theban necropolis. The issue of the fragments of tomb paintings have found the Louvre's expedition in Egypt recently cancelled by Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities.
- Repatriation: Tetiky Paintings Return To Egypt Fro Louvre In France
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photo. For anyone who missed the story there's a good summary on Al Ahram Weekly by Nevine El-Aref explaining the background to the return of the paintings to Egypt (also with photo). I am pleased that the five paintings...
- The Lost Chapel Of Nebamun
Nebamun was an 18th dynasty Egyptian nobel who lived somewhere around the reign of the opulent King Amenhotep III or his successor Amenhotep IV. Nebamun is known today most famously for eleven fragments of frescoes from his tomb chapel housed since 1823...
- Frescoes Returned
Here is a nice picture of one of the frescoes taken from the 3200 year old tomb of Tetiky in the Theban necropolis. Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities had recently cut off the Louvre's concessions in Egypt over the frescoes. ...
- Fragments Of Tetiky's Eternal Abode
This article is on the fragments of fresco's found on display at the Louvre when they were supposed to be on the walls of the 18th dynasty tomb of Tetiky in the Theban necropolis. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/968/fr2.htm...
- The Louvre Suspension
Five fragments of wall paintings in the Louvre were stolen from an Egyptian tomb in 1980 in an area of the Theban necropolis known as "the tombs of the nobles". The Supreme council of antiquities informed the Louvre's director Henri Loyrette who apparently...
Egypt
Repatriation
During Egypt's President Mubarak's visit to France he will collect 5 fragments of tomb frescoes stolen from a tomb in the Theban necropolis. The issue of the fragments of tomb paintings have found the Louvre's expedition in Egypt recently cancelled by Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities.
- Repatriation: Tetiky Paintings Return To Egypt Fro Louvre In France
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) With photo. For anyone who missed the story there's a good summary on Al Ahram Weekly by Nevine El-Aref explaining the background to the return of the paintings to Egypt (also with photo). I am pleased that the five paintings...
- The Lost Chapel Of Nebamun
Nebamun was an 18th dynasty Egyptian nobel who lived somewhere around the reign of the opulent King Amenhotep III or his successor Amenhotep IV. Nebamun is known today most famously for eleven fragments of frescoes from his tomb chapel housed since 1823...
- Frescoes Returned
Here is a nice picture of one of the frescoes taken from the 3200 year old tomb of Tetiky in the Theban necropolis. Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities had recently cut off the Louvre's concessions in Egypt over the frescoes. ...
- Fragments Of Tetiky's Eternal Abode
This article is on the fragments of fresco's found on display at the Louvre when they were supposed to be on the walls of the 18th dynasty tomb of Tetiky in the Theban necropolis. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/968/fr2.htm...
- The Louvre Suspension
Five fragments of wall paintings in the Louvre were stolen from an Egyptian tomb in 1980 in an area of the Theban necropolis known as "the tombs of the nobles". The Supreme council of antiquities informed the Louvre's director Henri Loyrette who apparently...