Egypt
National Geographic has a whole series of excellent images of the Malawi museum before and after the tragic looting of the middle of August. The statuette above is of a daughter of Akhenaten and is among the most important of the missing artifacts.
- Amarna Princess Recovered
The Egyptian police have recovered the Amarna princess statuette stolen during the sacking of the Malawi museum this past summer. The statuette is one of the most important pieces stolen from that museum and one of about 800 artifacts recovered out of...
- More Artifacts Return
A series of 16 objects that were taken during the robbery of the Malawi museum have been returned though some of the return artifacts have suffered damage which appears in this picture to be the fate of this statuette of the God Toth....
- Malawi Museum Damaged And Looted
Things are looking worse for Egypt with riots and violence taking hold including the burning of Coptic churches and the damaging and looting of the Malawi museum supposedly of most of its artifacts. Yesterday it was announced that all museums and archaeological...
- Five More Objects Returned To Cairo Museum
Five more objects stolen from the Cairo museum have been recovered including a bronze scepter head and four statuettes of gods. Four of the bronzes are in good condition however a bronze of an Apis bull was returned broken though the report says it can...
- Cairo's Missing Artifacts
Dr. Hawass is reporting that a number of objects are indeed missing from the Cairo museum including statuettes of Tutankhamun as well as eleven shabti's belonging to Yuya as well as Yuya's heart scarab. Also missing is the famous limestone statuette...
Egypt
The Missing Princess of the Malawi Museum
The statuette of Isis and Horus above is among the missing artifacts taken from the museum. There are also reports of more artifacts being returned including a collection of gold coins.
- Amarna Princess Recovered
The Egyptian police have recovered the Amarna princess statuette stolen during the sacking of the Malawi museum this past summer. The statuette is one of the most important pieces stolen from that museum and one of about 800 artifacts recovered out of...
- More Artifacts Return
A series of 16 objects that were taken during the robbery of the Malawi museum have been returned though some of the return artifacts have suffered damage which appears in this picture to be the fate of this statuette of the God Toth....
- Malawi Museum Damaged And Looted
Things are looking worse for Egypt with riots and violence taking hold including the burning of Coptic churches and the damaging and looting of the Malawi museum supposedly of most of its artifacts. Yesterday it was announced that all museums and archaeological...
- Five More Objects Returned To Cairo Museum
Five more objects stolen from the Cairo museum have been recovered including a bronze scepter head and four statuettes of gods. Four of the bronzes are in good condition however a bronze of an Apis bull was returned broken though the report says it can...
- Cairo's Missing Artifacts
Dr. Hawass is reporting that a number of objects are indeed missing from the Cairo museum including statuettes of Tutankhamun as well as eleven shabti's belonging to Yuya as well as Yuya's heart scarab. Also missing is the famous limestone statuette...