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.

Steering Clear of ISIS Loot: Don’t Buy, Apply Strict Due Diligence

ByRick St. Hilaire July 30, 2015April 26, 2023

Ancient artifact collectors share a passion for history, culture, and aesthetics. The best collectors embrace their role as stewards of heritage by dutifully caring for cultural material through conservation, storage, display,…

Egypt | Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP) | looted antiquities

LCCHP and Other Organizations Warn of Cultural Heritage Emergency in Egypt

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

The Lawyer’s Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, joined by other organizations, has issued on the situation involving cultural heritage in Egypt. That statement is below: The undersigned cultural heritage and…

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

Commentary on SLAM Mummy Mask Case – Proceeds Contraband and Statute of Limitations

ByRick St. Hilaire August 26, 2011May 2, 2023

The current civil litigation surrounding whether the Ka-Nefer-Nefer mummy mask is contraband is worth following given the current legal arguments in play. The mask, located at the St. Louis Art…

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

Judge Once Again Dismisses Ka Nefer Nefer Forfeiture Case

ByRick St. Hilaire June 29, 2012May 2, 2023

U.S. District Court Judge Henry Edward Autrey yesterday denied the government’s motion to file a new complaint to forfeit the Ka Nefer Nefer mummy mask from the St. Louis Art Museum…

Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) | Customs and Border Protection (CBP) | Egypt | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | seizure

Egyptian Coffins Successfully Detected and Recovered by Customs in Texas – Question of Proper Seizure Authority Remains – Updated August 10, 2012

ByRick St. Hilaire July 31, 2012May 2, 2023

Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency today announced the seizure of “two priceless Egyptian sarcophagi-type artifacts.” A CBP officer at the World Trade Bridge on the border…

U.K. is Top Source Nation in 2013 for U.S. Imports of Archaeological, Historical, and Ethnological Goods

ByRick St. Hilaire March 20, 2014April 26, 2023

Switzerland in 2012 was the #1 source of archaeological, historical, and ethnological material imported into the United States. But U.S. import values from that country fell by 99.8%, leaving the former…

Similar Posts