Egypt
Here we see the repatriation ceremony including Dr. Zahi Hawass for that twenty first dynasty coffin seized in Miami last year. The coffin may not be much to look at but the video is interesting.
- More Re Return Of Imesy Sarcophagus To Egypt
npr Thanks to Tony Marson for the above link. A 3,000-year-old stolen sarcophagus is returning home to Egypt after a trip around the world. At a ceremony Wednesday at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., U.S. authorities returned the sarcophagus,...
- More Re Return Of Imesby
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With two photos. You don't know what you've got till it's gone. Nevine El-Aref reports on the return of a previously unknown coffin that was only found thanks to the diligence of US customs officers Following...
- Us To Return 21st Dynasty Sarcophagus To Egypt
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) U.S. authorities will return a beautifully painted 3,000-year-old coffin to Egypt, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni said on Monday. Decorated with colorful religious scenes, the ornamented coffin contains the remains...
- The Repatriation Of Imesy
Well at least the coffin of Imesy one would suspect that Imesy himself is probably still in Egypt though I imagine without his name. This is an article by Dr. Hawass on his repatriation of the coffin....
- A Pharaoh's Coffin?
Apparently Dr. Hawass said of this coffin that it belonged to a king of the twenty first dynasty though clearly this is not a coffin of a pharaoh and I have some doubt Dr. Hawass would have said that. The coffin was confiscated in Florida and is about...
Egypt
Return of the Sarcophagus
Here we see the repatriation ceremony including Dr. Zahi Hawass for that twenty first dynasty coffin seized in Miami last year. The coffin may not be much to look at but the video is interesting.
- More Re Return Of Imesy Sarcophagus To Egypt
npr Thanks to Tony Marson for the above link. A 3,000-year-old stolen sarcophagus is returning home to Egypt after a trip around the world. At a ceremony Wednesday at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., U.S. authorities returned the sarcophagus,...
- More Re Return Of Imesby
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With two photos. You don't know what you've got till it's gone. Nevine El-Aref reports on the return of a previously unknown coffin that was only found thanks to the diligence of US customs officers Following...
- Us To Return 21st Dynasty Sarcophagus To Egypt
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) U.S. authorities will return a beautifully painted 3,000-year-old coffin to Egypt, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni said on Monday. Decorated with colorful religious scenes, the ornamented coffin contains the remains...
- The Repatriation Of Imesy
Well at least the coffin of Imesy one would suspect that Imesy himself is probably still in Egypt though I imagine without his name. This is an article by Dr. Hawass on his repatriation of the coffin....
- A Pharaoh's Coffin?
Apparently Dr. Hawass said of this coffin that it belonged to a king of the twenty first dynasty though clearly this is not a coffin of a pharaoh and I have some doubt Dr. Hawass would have said that. The coffin was confiscated in Florida and is about...