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Eqyptian museum did lose some artifacts
Eqyptian museum did lose some artifacts
I've been following the Egyptian turmoil closely in all its aspects, but blogging on the situation of the museums and monuments. All looked well for quite some time, but Dr. Zahi Hawass posted yesterday that some items were stolen from the museum. Details here: http://www.drhawass.com/blog/sad-news
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[quote=""fljustice""]I've been following the Egyptian turmoil closely in all its aspects, but blogging on the situation of the museums and monuments. All looked well for quite some time, but Dr. Zahi Hawass posted yesterday that some items were stolen from the museum. Details here: http://www.drhawass.com/blog/sad-news[/quote]
Awful, just awful!
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Awful, just awful!
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[quote=""rockygirl""]It's so sad. The Egyptian people have suffered a great loss.[/quote]
A great loss for everyone. I hoped this wouldn't happened, but I had a feeling.
A great loss for everyone. I hoped this wouldn't happened, but I had a feeling.
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I'm not surprised in the least. It also wouldn't surprise me if it turns out later that the items had been 'pre-ordered' by 'collectors'
. It turned out to be the case in Iraq after the second invasion in 2003, when countless thousands of artefacts were taken, never to be seen again.

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Actually I think a large percentage of them were eventually found. But yes, its horrible to see. At least the US military wasn't on guard. In Iraq, they did nothing while the museum was emptied out. (the troops were following orders, I don't blame them. The higher ups were at fault here.) Hopefully these from Egypt will be found and returned.
ETA This is a good review of what happened and what has been returned. Its several years old tho, so I think they've found more.
http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/ ... useum.html
ETA This is a good review of what happened and what has been returned. Its several years old tho, so I think they've found more.
http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/ ... useum.html
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[quote=""Ash""]ETA This is a good review of what happened and what has been returned. Its several years old tho, so I think they've found more. http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/ ... useum.html[/quote]
Thanks for the link, Ash. I blogged about the Iraqi artifacts a couple of months ago, about 5000 items have been recovered of the 15,000 stolen from the museum. (This doesn't count the thousand's more looted from vulnerable archaeological sites across the country.) There have been some amazing returns, but as Ben said, many were "pre-ordered" and have disappeared into private collections.
Thanks for the link, Ash. I blogged about the Iraqi artifacts a couple of months ago, about 5000 items have been recovered of the 15,000 stolen from the museum. (This doesn't count the thousand's more looted from vulnerable archaeological sites across the country.) There have been some amazing returns, but as Ben said, many were "pre-ordered" and have disappeared into private collections.