Egypt
A well known ushabti from Egypt's XXVI Dynasty was among the stolen pieces taken from the Cairo Museum during the January revolution of 2011 and the robbery of the museum. The ushabti was broken during its theft and its lower half was left in the museum while the torso was stolen but has now turned up in Belgium.
The ushabti was found in the Memphis necropolis in 1858 and is set to be returned to Cairo soon. Equally fascinating is that the ushabti did not appear on the list of objects stolen?
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Here some nice photo's of a 26th dynasty ushabti that has been returned to Egypt. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/968/he3.htm...
Egypt
Ushabti Stolen During Revolution Returns
The ushabti was found in the Memphis necropolis in 1858 and is set to be returned to Cairo soon. Equally fascinating is that the ushabti did not appear on the list of objects stolen?
- Egypt To Retrieve 19th-dynasty Statue From Netherlands
Egypt State Information Service Discovered in Saqara in 1985, stolen then auctioned, Ushabti - an ancient funerary statue - could finally go home to Egypt where it belongs. Dating back to the 19th Dynasty, Ushabti was identified when a collector - who...
- France Returns Internet Loot
Five objects found for sale on the internet in France, allegedly stolen from Egypt during the 2011 revolution have been returned to the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry. The five pieces are from the Ptolemaic period, this coffin lid is an example of an...
- The Cairo Museum
I started this article in 2010 though it was forgotten in those days by the coming of the revolution. The article featured the plight of the museums staff who among other things I was wondering if they were happy in their jobs, paid well, and if differentiating...
- 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...
- Returning The Trivial
Here some nice photo's of a 26th dynasty ushabti that has been returned to Egypt. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/968/he3.htm...