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.

U.S. v. Khouli et al. Update: Motion to Defer Prosecution Ushers Rapid End to Antiquities Case

ByRick St. Hilaire January 9, 2013April 27, 2023

Prosecutors in Brooklyn last week entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with defendant Joseph Lewis, II, completing the alleged antiquities trafficking case of United States v. Khouli et al. One co-defendant’s sentence…

Egypt | memorandum of understanding (MoU)

State Department Clarifies US-Egypt MoU

ByRick St. Hilaire October 25, 2011May 2, 2023

The US State Department released this statement today, quoted in its entirety: “Potential Memorandum of Understanding between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Egypt’s Ministry of State for Antiquities The…

MoUs: Italy Renewed; Egypt Still Pursued; Cambodia and Belize Get a CPAC Interlude

ByRick St. Hilaire January 20, 2016April 26, 2023

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Treasury Department have promulgated rules, effective today, that extend import restrictions on archaeological material originating from Italy. First erected by a…

Egypt

New Head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities Appointed

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

Dr. Mustafa Amin has been appointed as Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). Amin headed the Islamic archaeology department at the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) before…

Egypt | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | prosecutions | US v. Khouli et al.

Objection Filed: Prosecution Outlines Factual Claims in U.S. v. Khouli et al.

ByRick St. Hilaire July 23, 2012May 2, 2023

Assistant United States Attorneys Karin Orenstein and Claire Kedeshian have filed an 87 page objection in response to motions filed on April 30, 2012 by Joseph Lewis, II and Salem…

Egypt | International Council of Museums (ICOM) | Red Lists

Egyptian Red List Now Available From ICOM

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

Th Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk is now available. You may view it here. Published by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), the Red List illustrates…

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