Egypt
A bill is making it's way through the Egyptian parliament that has infuriated the Egyptian minister of culture, Mr. Farouk Hosni and his vice minister the head of Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass.
The bill, which will probably not pass, would permit the buying and selling of antiquities in Egypt. Minister Hosni and Dr. Hawass want this law to apply only to non transportable antiquities such as walls and not to portable objects. Under current Egyptian law anyone who finds an antiquity must report it to the Supreme council of antiquities within two years though Dr. Hawass wants this reduced to six months.
If the bill passes both men have threatened to resign. Talk about tempting your enemies.
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- Antiquities Laws Tightened
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Egypt
Threatening to Resign
A bill is making it's way through the Egyptian parliament that has infuriated the Egyptian minister of culture, Mr. Farouk Hosni and his vice minister the head of Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass.
The bill, which will probably not pass, would permit the buying and selling of antiquities in Egypt. Minister Hosni and Dr. Hawass want this law to apply only to non transportable antiquities such as walls and not to portable objects. Under current Egyptian law anyone who finds an antiquity must report it to the Supreme council of antiquities within two years though Dr. Hawass wants this reduced to six months.
If the bill passes both men have threatened to resign. Talk about tempting your enemies.
- The Dissolution Of The Antiquities Ministry
For a general update about the current state of the cabinet reshuffle see Shaden Shehab's report on Al Ahram Weekly. Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) A bold statement from the new head of the SCA. No one has been named to replace the previous and...
- Minister Announces New Antiquities Guidelines
Al Masry Al Youm (Fathya el-Dakhakhni) Culture Minister Farouk Hosni on Sunday issued a list of new regulations to be adopted by his ministry in line with guidelines laid out in the recently approved Egyptian Antiquity Protection Law. The 199-article...
- Antiquities Law: Egypt Tightens Penalties
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Over the past year various committees in the State Council and the People's Assembly have been reviewing the new antiquities law, which has finally been approved and will be endorsed on Monday. Parliament also rejected...
- A Play On Words
I felt the need to write a second article on the recent tightening of Egyptian law particularly on a couple of points. Firstly people scrawling their name on a monument is a violation of our shared cultural heritage and nobody other than the vandal cares...
- Antiquities Laws Tightened
The Egyptian parliament has given in to most of the Culture ministries suggestions in tightening the antiquities laws to get rid of loop holes. Last week both the minister of culture as well as the vice minister threatened to resign if the proposed loosening...