Egypt
- The Repatriation Of The St Louis Mask Again Under Discussion
NewsDay A fight between the US government and the St Louis Art Museum over a death mask from ancient Egypt intensified last Wednesday as the government formally demanded the museum hand over the disputed object. The 3 200-year-old mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer,...
- St. Louis Art Museum Files Suit
Google / The Canadian Press The St. Louis Art Museum has filed a federal lawsuit to try to keep a 3,200-year-old mummy mask that Egypt wants returned, claiming it was stolen. The museum says the U.S. government is trying to seize the 20-inch (51-centimetre)-long...
- Hawass Chides Museums Over Antiquities
Indiana Gazette (Ula Ilnytzky) Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said Wednesday he had a wish list of objects he wants returned. He singled out several museums, including the St. Louis Art Museum, which he said...
- The St Louis Mask Issue Is Still Alive And Kicking
River Front Times (Malcolm Gay) Some of you may remember that a very beautiful funerary mask, currently located in the St Louis Art Museum, has been the topic of repatriation disputes in the past. I have covered this in a number of posts (click the link...
- Ongoing Dispute Over St Louis Mask
http://tinyurl.com/fdzqz (hamiltonspectator.com)The Saint Louis Art Museum will keep a 3,200-year-old mummy mask, unless it sees more proof it belongs to Egypt. The museum will not meet a May 15 deadline set by Egyptian antiquities authorities to return...
Egypt
Tempest in a teapot
http://tinyurl.com/vrxvb (sltoday.com)
Irreverent New Year's Eve round up from the St Louis Post-Dispatch, in which they round up the most notable events of the year. An Egyptology reference creeps in as a result of the earlier controversy (still unresolved) about the St Louis mask:
"Tempest in a teapot: Zahi Hawass' demand that the Art Museum return a mummy mask it acquired in good faith in 1998. Egypt's top antiquities official claims the mask was stolen and demanded its return within two weeks or else — seven months ago. Ownership disputes can take decades to resolve, but this demand seemed particularly empty, serving to get Hawass' name in the media — at which he is particularly good.: Zahi Hawass' demand that the Art Museum return a mummy mask it acquired in good faith in 1998. Egypt's top antiquities official claims the mask was stolen and demanded its return within two weeks or else — seven months ago. Ownership disputes can take decades to resolve, but this demand seemed particularly empty, serving to get Hawass' name in the media — at which he is particularly good."
- The Repatriation Of The St Louis Mask Again Under Discussion
NewsDay A fight between the US government and the St Louis Art Museum over a death mask from ancient Egypt intensified last Wednesday as the government formally demanded the museum hand over the disputed object. The 3 200-year-old mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer,...
- St. Louis Art Museum Files Suit
Google / The Canadian Press The St. Louis Art Museum has filed a federal lawsuit to try to keep a 3,200-year-old mummy mask that Egypt wants returned, claiming it was stolen. The museum says the U.S. government is trying to seize the 20-inch (51-centimetre)-long...
- Hawass Chides Museums Over Antiquities
Indiana Gazette (Ula Ilnytzky) Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said Wednesday he had a wish list of objects he wants returned. He singled out several museums, including the St. Louis Art Museum, which he said...
- The St Louis Mask Issue Is Still Alive And Kicking
River Front Times (Malcolm Gay) Some of you may remember that a very beautiful funerary mask, currently located in the St Louis Art Museum, has been the topic of repatriation disputes in the past. I have covered this in a number of posts (click the link...
- Ongoing Dispute Over St Louis Mask
http://tinyurl.com/fdzqz (hamiltonspectator.com)The Saint Louis Art Museum will keep a 3,200-year-old mummy mask, unless it sees more proof it belongs to Egypt. The museum will not meet a May 15 deadline set by Egyptian antiquities authorities to return...