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].

©2010-2022 Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. Hilaire. Content discussing cultural heritage law, art law, looted antiquities, stolen artifacts, and museum risk management that is general information only, not legal advice.

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…

The Assyrian Head Repatriation: Filling in the Details of ICE’s Investigation

ByRick St. Hilaire March 19, 2015April 26, 2023

This week U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) returned a looted fragmented limestone head of Assyrian King Sargon II to Iraq. The stone carving once sat…

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) | Egypt | forfeiture actions

New York Prosecutors Seek to Forfeit Ancient Egyptian Artifacts

ByRick St. Hilaire March 23, 2013April 27, 2023

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York on March 20 filed a complaint in federal court seeking to forfeit five ancient Egyptian objects. U.S. Customs and…

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

Motion Denied: Missouri Court Forces Prosecution to Consider Appealing the St. Louis Art Museum Ka Nefer Nefer Mummy Mask Case

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

The federal court for the eastern district of the United States has denied the prosecution’s request to reopen the St. Louis Art Museum Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask case. Click…

events | museums

Museums Honor America’s Soldiers with Free Admission

ByRick St. Hilaire May 26, 2014April 26, 2023

Cultural institutions throughout the country will offer free admission to active duty, National Guard, and Reserve soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines from Memorial Day through Labor Day. These “Blue Star”…

Museum Raids Cases: Rare Antiquities. Rare Convictions for Gallery Owners. Rare Prison Sentence.

ByRick St. Hilaire December 17, 2015April 26, 2023

In the annals of cultural property law, prosecutions targeting transnational antiquities trafficking networks are rare. Even more rare are felony convictions. Scarcer still are prison sentences. So what happened this…

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