Egypt | museums

Video Showing Egyptian Army Inside Egyptian Museum

ByRick St. Hilaire January 29, 2011May 2, 2023

The video currently being shown on CNN to illustrate the current situation inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo is posted at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h5taeUh0aM

[Update November 9, 2011: Associate Press video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTOf0x-eGU0].

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House Adopts The Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act

ByRick St. Hilaire June 10, 2015April 26, 2023

The Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act passed the House of Representatives late this afternoon. H.R. 889, which received broad bipartisan support by legislators in Congress, now goes to…

Historical Documents Returned to UVM – Documents Linked to Indicted Pair – Library Loss Prevention Recommended

ByRick St. Hilaire October 6, 2011May 2, 2023

The University of Vermont (UVM) has recovered historical documents that disappeared from its library. The Burlington Free Press reports on October 4, 2011 that 67 documents were returned to UVM…

Egypt | forfeiture actions | St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) | U.S. v. Ka Nefer Nefer

United States Files Motion in SLAM Mummy Mask Case

ByRick St. Hilaire April 7, 2012May 2, 2023

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Louis filed a motion today in response to a federal district court’s ruling earlier this week dismissing the government’s forfeiture complaint against the Ka…

OFAC Puts High-Value Art Market Participants on Notice

ByRick St. Hilaire October 31, 2020April 26, 2023

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued an Advisory calling for due diligence on the part of dealers, museums, and other high-end market participants to comply with U.S. sanctions…

Egypt

Luxor and Giza Sites Under Military Guard

ByRick St. Hilaire January 30, 2011May 2, 2023

The Associated Press reports that Egyptian authorities have set up barriers to protect Karnak Temple–the world’s largest ancient religious site–in Luxor. In addition, tanks were stationed outside Luxor’s museum. This…

Egypt | forfeiture actions | St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) | U.S. v. Ka Nefer Nefer

SLAM’s Federal Court Action: Summary and Comment on the Saga of the Mummy Mask

ByRick St. Hilaire February 19, 2011May 2, 2023

The St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) on February 15, 2011 filed a lawsuit against the United States seeking a declaratory judgment in the case of the Ka-Nefer-Nefer mummy mask. It…

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