Egypt
- Nine Limestone Reliefs Are Back Home From Spain
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With photo. The stolen artefacts were missing for over a decade until they turned up in Barcelona After a thirteen year absence, nine ancient Egyptian limestone reliefs were returned to their original place in the Saqqara...
- New Tactics To Secure Return Of Egyptian Artefacts
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/17/international/i151634D53.DTL New tactics are being employed concerning the return of items to Egypt that are alleged to have been removed without permission: "Egypt demanded that institutions...
- 5th Dynasty Relief Returned To Egypt
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=14606 "A Brussels museum will hand over to Egypt a limestone relief that had been smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago, an Egyptian antiquities official said...
- Old Kingdom Physicians Tomb Found
At Abusir a team of archaeologists has discovered the tomb of a 5th Dynasty Physician Shepseskaf-Ankh and his family. A large false door gives the names and titles of Shepseskaf including Priest of the God Khnum and priest of the sun temples which kings...
- Fragments From Christie's
This article on six fragments of ancient Egyptian stonework which were placed for auction at Christie's and found by the auction house to have been recently stolen from Egypt is very interesting. One of the pieces is referred in the article...
Egypt
Stolen Fifth Dynasty Reliefs Found
Two reliefs stolen in 1986 from the Saqqara tomb of Hetepka the royal hairdresser have been discovered by police. The relief pictured contains the cartouches of the fifth dynasty kings Sahura and Neferirkare the kings which Hetepka served under while the other relief contains lines of hieroglyphs and four ducks.
- Nine Limestone Reliefs Are Back Home From Spain
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With photo. The stolen artefacts were missing for over a decade until they turned up in Barcelona After a thirteen year absence, nine ancient Egyptian limestone reliefs were returned to their original place in the Saqqara...
- New Tactics To Secure Return Of Egyptian Artefacts
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/17/international/i151634D53.DTL New tactics are being employed concerning the return of items to Egypt that are alleged to have been removed without permission: "Egypt demanded that institutions...
- 5th Dynasty Relief Returned To Egypt
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=14606 "A Brussels museum will hand over to Egypt a limestone relief that had been smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago, an Egyptian antiquities official said...
- Old Kingdom Physicians Tomb Found
At Abusir a team of archaeologists has discovered the tomb of a 5th Dynasty Physician Shepseskaf-Ankh and his family. A large false door gives the names and titles of Shepseskaf including Priest of the God Khnum and priest of the sun temples which kings...
- Fragments From Christie's
This article on six fragments of ancient Egyptian stonework which were placed for auction at Christie's and found by the auction house to have been recently stolen from Egypt is very interesting. One of the pieces is referred in the article...