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The Great Game: Archaeology and Politics in the Colonial Period
The Ruhr Museum in Essen in the west of Germany has now assembled a show entitled, The Great Game: Archaeology and Politics in the Colonial Period. It takes a look at the treasure-hunting era before archaeology settled down to become just another academic subject. Charlotte Truempler, head of the archaeology department of the new museum,... »
Egypt amends Antiquities law
The People’s Assembly amended Egypt’s antiquities law on Monday to bring in stiffer punishments for the theft and smuggling of relics while granting patent rights to the country’s antiquities council. The sale of antiquities is still banned and Egyptians who have antiquities must report their possessions to the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Relics can in the... »
Ancient artifacts to be returned to bankrupt antique dealer
Nebraska State Treasurer Shane Osborn has seen a lot of odd unclaimed property. But this year the surprise was ancient artifacts, and they’ve set a precedent, Osborn said. A Pharaoh mask from 2,500 B.C., ancient Roman clay jars, daggers from Phonecia, pottery from Greece and hunting spears from Africa comprise the true treasure trove this... »
Venezuela Vice Minister of Culture proposes the return of ancient artifacts
The Venezuelan vice minister of Culture, José Manuel Rodríguez, president of the Institute of Cultural Heritage, suggested to the heads of institutions belonging to the National Museum in a private meeting that the collections of African art, Egyptian art and China pottery be returned to their places of origin. None of these collections are... »
Man arrested in Egypt for mummy smuggling
An Australian teacher who stuffed his luggage with 2,000-year old animal mummies and religious figurines wrapped as gifts was arrested Wednesday, an Egyptian airport security official said. The 61-year teacher was heading to Thailand when a security official became suspicious of the wrapped figurines that were placed amid souvenir ceramic pots in his suitcase. When... »
Exhibition: Egypt – Back to the Source
10 Oct. 2008 – 8 Feb. 2009 Glypkotek, Copenhagen, Denmark Around 1890, the brewing magnate, Carl Jacobsen, founder of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, engaged Denmark’s leading Egyptologist, Valdemar Schmidt, to create an Egyptian collection in the newly-planned museum, and in the course of the following 35 years, Schmidt succeeded in putting together a collection of ancient... »
