Egypt
- Australia Returns 122 Items To Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) After a decade of lying hidden in storehouses at auction halls in Melbourne, Australia, a collection of 122 ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman artefacts is to return to Egypt on 5 November. An archaeological mission led by...
- Sca Panel To Inspect Privately Owned Relics
Egypt State Information Service In accordance with the newly approved antiquities law, Culture Minister Farouq Hosni ordered on 10 March 2010 the formation of a standing committee to inspect and register relics owned by individuals. The law requires...
- New Mummy Hall Opens In Cairo Museum
http://tinyurl.com/rp7nb (sis.gov.eg)"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni inaugurates today the second hall of mummies that was set by the Supreme Council for Antiquities at the Egyptian museum in al Tahrir. Twelve royal mummies will be exhibited in the...
- Sca To Retrieve Missing Antiquities
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/ "The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is taking legal steps to retrieve some antiquities, which, according to the Internet, are to be sold at auction halls. SCA Secretary-General Zahi Hawass stated that 13 Web...
- Egyptian Embassy Retrieves Stolen Antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o250225f.htm "The Egyptian Embassy in London yesterday received seven pieces of antiquities that date back to the pre-dynasty era from Bonham after intensive contacts with the British authorities and the auction hall...
Egypt
Team to authenticate Pharaonic items at auction
http://tinyurl.com/yr3tly (sis.gov.eg)
Another example of Egyptian efforts to repatriate antiquities:
Another example of Egyptian efforts to repatriate antiquities:
Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni will send an archaeological team to the US to authenticate a collection of pharaonic antiquities that were traced to an auction hall in San Francisco. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Zahi Hawass said if the collection is genuine, efforts will be made to have it returned to Egypt. "If the party in possession of the antiquities refuses to part with them amicably, court action may be deemed necessary," Hawass added. Hawass pointed out that he had received a message from the Egyptian embassy in Washington telling him that a rare pharaonic treasure was put for sale in an auction hall in San Francisco.
- Australia Returns 122 Items To Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) After a decade of lying hidden in storehouses at auction halls in Melbourne, Australia, a collection of 122 ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman artefacts is to return to Egypt on 5 November. An archaeological mission led by...
- Sca Panel To Inspect Privately Owned Relics
Egypt State Information Service In accordance with the newly approved antiquities law, Culture Minister Farouq Hosni ordered on 10 March 2010 the formation of a standing committee to inspect and register relics owned by individuals. The law requires...
- New Mummy Hall Opens In Cairo Museum
http://tinyurl.com/rp7nb (sis.gov.eg)"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni inaugurates today the second hall of mummies that was set by the Supreme Council for Antiquities at the Egyptian museum in al Tahrir. Twelve royal mummies will be exhibited in the...
- Sca To Retrieve Missing Antiquities
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/ "The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is taking legal steps to retrieve some antiquities, which, according to the Internet, are to be sold at auction halls. SCA Secretary-General Zahi Hawass stated that 13 Web...
- Egyptian Embassy Retrieves Stolen Antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o250225f.htm "The Egyptian Embassy in London yesterday received seven pieces of antiquities that date back to the pre-dynasty era from Bonham after intensive contacts with the British authorities and the auction hall...