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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Khouli +3 Case Update: Search Warrant Affidavit Describes HSI Investigation

ByRick St. Hilaire September 24, 2011May 2, 2023

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) petitioned for a warrant on July 12, 2011 to search Salem Alshdaifat’s home-based business and seize “antique coins and[/]or other antiquities or any other works of…

donations | due diligence | museums | taxes

Rigorous Due Diligence: Tax and Appraisal Forms May Supply Important Information to Museums Regarding Antiquities

ByRick St. Hilaire September 4, 2012May 2, 2023

Object donated to the Walters Art Museum.Source: AAMD Object Directory Donated cultural artifacts listed in the annual reports of museums or on the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) Object…

museums | New York Times | repatriation | Toledo Museum of Art

The Law of Repatriation under “The Great Giveback”

ByRick St. Hilaire January 28, 2013April 27, 2023

Hugh Eakin’s New York Times commentary titled “The Great Giveback” is flawed. The opinion piece argues that museums “are supposed to be in the business of collecting and preserving art from…

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 | provenance

Egyptian Museum No Longer Accepting Cultural Object Inquiries (For Now)

ByRick St. Hilaire November 27, 2011May 2, 2023

The Egyptian Museum, CairoSource: Bs0u10e01, Creative Commons According to an email by the General Director of The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the museum will not be in a position to respond to…

Egypt | import protections | legislation | looted antiquities

Emergency Protection of Egyptian Cultural Antiquities Act

ByRick St. Hilaire July 1, 2013April 27, 2023

The pillage of Egyptian cultural heritage continues. The latest news of ravaged archaeological sites comes from El Hibeh and Abu Sir Al Malaq where photos depict thrown-away bones and broken…

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