http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/2012121132641226409.html Excerpt: Appealing to the tastes of package tourists and neglecting the interest of ordinary Egyptians, the Antiquities Council has long scorned what cannot be displayed in expensive vitrines and hastily photographed. Egypt's post-"Islamic" - and particularly its 19th and 20th century - culture has therefore been ignored, if not actively denigrated, by the Council. Most recently, the furore over the alleged smuggling an..
In the 20th century, archaeologists made great strides in learning to understand the material record...
The world's archaeological heritage is under serious threat from illegal and destructive excavations...
Protector of thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC) is ...
For many decades Egypt has been trying to recover its most precious antiquities which, for varying r...
Museum ethics and the collecting of antiquities in Egypt have had a symbiotic relationship, each inf...
Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt...
Controversy about museums ’ possession and exhibition of human remains has usually affected those id...
From ancient Rome to the present day, ancient Egypt has been a source of fascination and inspirati...
Egyptology is today the study of ancient Egypt. The Egyptians living around the monuments, when not ...
Part I of this Comment describes the history and structure of Egypt\u27s antiquities laws. It also d...
International audienceWhy do ancient Egyptian statues so often have their noses, hands, or genitals ...
Ancient Egypt is known to the world for its rich culture steeped in arcane mysticism and for the daz...
Using dead bodies for medical purposes has long been considered taboo in Egypt. Public health campai...
The past decade and a half have seen the founding of new archival initiatives in the Middle East dev...
Exposes the many cycles of monument destruction and cultural suppression in Egypt from antiquity to ...
In the 20th century, archaeologists made great strides in learning to understand the material record...
The world's archaeological heritage is under serious threat from illegal and destructive excavations...
Protector of thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC) is ...
For many decades Egypt has been trying to recover its most precious antiquities which, for varying r...
Museum ethics and the collecting of antiquities in Egypt have had a symbiotic relationship, each inf...
Conflicted Antiquities is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt...
Controversy about museums ’ possession and exhibition of human remains has usually affected those id...
From ancient Rome to the present day, ancient Egypt has been a source of fascination and inspirati...
Egyptology is today the study of ancient Egypt. The Egyptians living around the monuments, when not ...
Part I of this Comment describes the history and structure of Egypt\u27s antiquities laws. It also d...
International audienceWhy do ancient Egyptian statues so often have their noses, hands, or genitals ...
Ancient Egypt is known to the world for its rich culture steeped in arcane mysticism and for the daz...
Using dead bodies for medical purposes has long been considered taboo in Egypt. Public health campai...
The past decade and a half have seen the founding of new archival initiatives in the Middle East dev...
Exposes the many cycles of monument destruction and cultural suppression in Egypt from antiquity to ...
In the 20th century, archaeologists made great strides in learning to understand the material record...
The world's archaeological heritage is under serious threat from illegal and destructive excavations...
Protector of thousands of years of ancient Egyptian history, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC) is ...