Egypt
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/1.asp
- Egypt Recovers Ramesside Statue
Ahram Online The Antikhenmuseum in Basel, Switzerland will return to Egypt a limestone relief depicting a hunting scene from the daily life of its owner. The relief is dated to the fifth dynasty of the Old Kingdom (c. 2649-2134 BC) and it is 51cm high...
- Egyptian/chinese Agreement For Cultural Repatriation
drhawass.com Press Release On Tuesday, October 12, 2010, Egypt and China will sign a collaborative agreement for the Protection and Restitution of Stolen Cultural Property Transferred Illicitly. Shan Jixiang, General Director of Chinese State Administration...
- Amenhotep's Eye Back To Cairo From Switzerland
Egypt State Information Service The stolen eye of Pharaonic king Amenhotep III returned to Cairo from Switzerland on Thursday 23/10/52008, accompanied by Abdel-Hamid Ma'aruf, the director general of the Egyptian antiquities registration center. The...
- Pharaoh Gets His Eye Back
Herald Sun SWITZERLAND is to return a pharaoh's "eye" stolen 36 years ago from the ancient Egyptian statue of King Amenhotep III. "The eye is around 50cm long and was stolen from Amenhotep III's statue, which was discovered in 1970 in his Luxor...
- Egypt To Restore "eye Of Amenhotep Iii"
Egypt State Information Service The Swiss President Pascal Couchepin and Culture Minster Farouk Hosni singed Wednesday 9/1/2007 a memo of understanding on the protection and retrieving monuments which illegally went out of Egypt. Especially as Switzerland...
Egypt
Stolen Relics to Return
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/1.asp
"Some of Egypt's stolen antiquities might be returned. Switzerland has recently become party to an international agreement on the prevention of antiquity smuggling. The agreement would give the Egyptians a carte blanche to demand a return of their country's monuments which had been smuggled to Switzerland in the past. Local antiquities' experts are blithe". The article goes on to quote Zahi Hawass and explain the reasons why Switzerland has become important in a consideration of the return of smuggled items.
- Egypt Recovers Ramesside Statue
Ahram Online The Antikhenmuseum in Basel, Switzerland will return to Egypt a limestone relief depicting a hunting scene from the daily life of its owner. The relief is dated to the fifth dynasty of the Old Kingdom (c. 2649-2134 BC) and it is 51cm high...
- Egyptian/chinese Agreement For Cultural Repatriation
drhawass.com Press Release On Tuesday, October 12, 2010, Egypt and China will sign a collaborative agreement for the Protection and Restitution of Stolen Cultural Property Transferred Illicitly. Shan Jixiang, General Director of Chinese State Administration...
- Amenhotep's Eye Back To Cairo From Switzerland
Egypt State Information Service The stolen eye of Pharaonic king Amenhotep III returned to Cairo from Switzerland on Thursday 23/10/52008, accompanied by Abdel-Hamid Ma'aruf, the director general of the Egyptian antiquities registration center. The...
- Pharaoh Gets His Eye Back
Herald Sun SWITZERLAND is to return a pharaoh's "eye" stolen 36 years ago from the ancient Egyptian statue of King Amenhotep III. "The eye is around 50cm long and was stolen from Amenhotep III's statue, which was discovered in 1970 in his Luxor...
- Egypt To Restore "eye Of Amenhotep Iii"
Egypt State Information Service The Swiss President Pascal Couchepin and Culture Minster Farouk Hosni singed Wednesday 9/1/2007 a memo of understanding on the protection and retrieving monuments which illegally went out of Egypt. Especially as Switzerland...