Egypt
- Repatriation: Louvre Items Returned To Egypt
France24 Gone are the days when young French writer André Malraux, who would go on to become France’s minister for culture, could chip off four sculptures from a Cambodian temple and ship them back to France. Almost a century later, the French government...
- Feature: Sandro Vannini's Photography - Tomb Of Seti I (kv17): The Crypt's Side Chamber
Heritage Key With photographs, slideshow, site plan and video. In 2008, an archaeological team found that the Tomb of Seti I (KV17) was in fact larger than originally thought. Where the original discoverer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni had found the tomb...
- More On Work At Seti I Tomb
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) Two-page summary of the latest discoveries, with photograph: Egyptian archaeologists have discovered that the tomb of the powerful pharaoh Seti I—the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings—is bigger than originally...
- Mural Returned By Germany
http://tinyurl.com/pac7r (sis.gov.eg)"Germany is to hand over sections of an ancient Egyptian mural to an Egyptian delegation Monday. 'The delegation from the Ministry of Culture and the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) will receive five sections...
- The Ten Most Important Egyptian Objects Outside Egypt
This is a list of the most important Egyptian artifacts not the property of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. Though there are certainly more contenders for the list including perhaps the gold headdress of a wife of Thutmosis III in...
Egypt
University returns artefacts
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"The University of Tubingen in Germany has agreed to return to Egypt five fragments of a relief removed in the last century from the Temple of Pharaoh Seti I, Culture Minister Faruq Hosni said. The fragments, which were cut out of the walls of the 19th dynasty (1307-1196 BC) pharaoh's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, are to be handed over next month, the minister said in a statement. The university made its decision 'voluntarily' and agreed to return the artefacts 'without any conditions,' said the head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawas. The fragments are to be restored to their original resting place at the tomb, which is currently closed to the public because of the damage. Archaeologists say the tomb, discovered by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817, used to be one of the most decorated in the Valley of the Kings, which also ensured that it was plundered more than any other in the area. Many artefacts removed from the site, sometimes referred to as Belzoni's tomb, are currently on display in museums around the world, including a sarcophagus in the Sir John Soane Museum in London."
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- Repatriation: Louvre Items Returned To Egypt
France24 Gone are the days when young French writer André Malraux, who would go on to become France’s minister for culture, could chip off four sculptures from a Cambodian temple and ship them back to France. Almost a century later, the French government...
- Feature: Sandro Vannini's Photography - Tomb Of Seti I (kv17): The Crypt's Side Chamber
Heritage Key With photographs, slideshow, site plan and video. In 2008, an archaeological team found that the Tomb of Seti I (KV17) was in fact larger than originally thought. Where the original discoverer, Giovanni Battista Belzoni had found the tomb...
- More On Work At Seti I Tomb
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) Two-page summary of the latest discoveries, with photograph: Egyptian archaeologists have discovered that the tomb of the powerful pharaoh Seti I—the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings—is bigger than originally...
- Mural Returned By Germany
http://tinyurl.com/pac7r (sis.gov.eg)"Germany is to hand over sections of an ancient Egyptian mural to an Egyptian delegation Monday. 'The delegation from the Ministry of Culture and the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) will receive five sections...
- The Ten Most Important Egyptian Objects Outside Egypt
This is a list of the most important Egyptian artifacts not the property of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. Though there are certainly more contenders for the list including perhaps the gold headdress of a wife of Thutmosis III in...