Egypt
Looting Matters (David Gill)
- Enforcing The New Antiquities Law
Luxor Times The Supreme Council of Antiquities decided to confiscate a wooden coffin with a mummy inside dated back to 26th or 27th dynasty. The coffin was in a bazaar in town down Alexandria. The decision was taken according to the new antiquities law...
- More Re Return Of Imesby
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With two photos. You don't know what you've got till it's gone. Nevine El-Aref reports on the return of a previously unknown coffin that was only found thanks to the diligence of US customs officers Following...
- Us To Return 21st Dynasty Sarcophagus To Egypt
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) U.S. authorities will return a beautifully painted 3,000-year-old coffin to Egypt, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni said on Monday. Decorated with colorful religious scenes, the ornamented coffin contains the remains...
- Quest For The Mummy Of Hatshepsut
http://guardians.net/hawass/articles/quest_for_the_mummy_of_hatshepsut.htmThanks very much to Jen Mason for the following artilce. On Zahi Hawass's own website, Hawass argues in favour of a mummy located in the Cairo Museum being that of Hatshepsut....
- Return Of The Sarcophagus
Here we see the repatriation ceremony including Dr. Zahi Hawass for that twenty first dynasty coffin seized in Miami last year. The coffin may not be much to look at but the video is interesting....
Egypt
Third Intermediate Period Coffin Seized in Miami
Looting Matters (David Gill)
A Third Intermediate Coffin belonging to the 21st Dynasty Pharaoh Ames has been confiscated in Miami ("Egypt wants a 3,000-year-old coffin back from US", AP March 22, 2009). Zahi Hawass claims that the wooden coffin was removed from Egypt in 1884.
The coffin arrived in the USA from Spain.
- Enforcing The New Antiquities Law
Luxor Times The Supreme Council of Antiquities decided to confiscate a wooden coffin with a mummy inside dated back to 26th or 27th dynasty. The coffin was in a bazaar in town down Alexandria. The decision was taken according to the new antiquities law...
- More Re Return Of Imesby
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With two photos. You don't know what you've got till it's gone. Nevine El-Aref reports on the return of a previously unknown coffin that was only found thanks to the diligence of US customs officers Following...
- Us To Return 21st Dynasty Sarcophagus To Egypt
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) U.S. authorities will return a beautifully painted 3,000-year-old coffin to Egypt, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni said on Monday. Decorated with colorful religious scenes, the ornamented coffin contains the remains...
- Quest For The Mummy Of Hatshepsut
http://guardians.net/hawass/articles/quest_for_the_mummy_of_hatshepsut.htmThanks very much to Jen Mason for the following artilce. On Zahi Hawass's own website, Hawass argues in favour of a mummy located in the Cairo Museum being that of Hatshepsut....
- Return Of The Sarcophagus
Here we see the repatriation ceremony including Dr. Zahi Hawass for that twenty first dynasty coffin seized in Miami last year. The coffin may not be much to look at but the video is interesting....