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Former museum director charged with stealing Egyptian antiquities
The ousted head of Long Island University’s Hillwood Museum has been charged with stealing ancient Egyptian artifacts from the museum and trying to auction them at Christie’s. Barry Stern, 61, admitted he took the nine pieces – each more than 2,000 years old. A preliminary search of the museum’s collection found other pieces missing. The stolen... »
Stolen Egyptian artifacts recovered
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it has recovered seven of the eight ancient Egyptian artifacts that were stolen from the Bijbels Museum in Amsterdam in the middle of the afternoon on July 29, 2007. The Art Loss Register found them at a Manhattan auction house (one of the big two —... »
Rare Amarna sculpture to be auctioned at Sotheby
A fragmentary statue of an Amarna princess from ancient Egypt is expected to garner between $400,000 and $600,000 (US) at an upcoming Sotheby’s auction in New York. The sculpture (ca. 1347-1345 B.C.) measures 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.) in height. It was carved from nummulitic limestone, a hard material composed largely of fossils dating from... »
Surprisingly affordable genuine antiquities
There have always been collectors of antiquities, especially when you consider the status of having a marble bust of a Roman emperor greeting your guests in the foyer. By the 17th century the art of ancient Egypt was discovered and again students and collectors got involved. By the late 19th century British excavations stirred the... »
