Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
January 5, 2026

Interview with Marcel Marée - Egyptologist and curator in the Department of Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum

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As part of ARCA’s ongoing effort to give prospective participants a deeper look behind the scenes of our Postgraduate Certificate Program in...
November 27, 2025

Red Flags Ignored? Seventeen Egyptian artefacts have been formally returned to Egypt from Australia

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In a significant victory in the fight against illicit antiquities trafficking, seventeen Egyptian artefacts have been formally returned to t...
September 2, 2025

577 Antiquities Seized: Minya looting case exposes ongoing threats to Egypt’s heritage

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Egyptian authorities report the seizure of 577 artefacts in the Minya governorate in Upper Egypt, spanning the Middle Kingdom, Late Period, ...
August 28, 2025

Six Months for 590 Artefacts: The Case of U.S.-Egyptian Smuggler Ashraf Omar Eldarir

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Ashraf Omar Eldarir has recieved a six month prison sentence in US Federal court.  ARCA has written a lot about Eldarir, a naturalised U.S. ...
July 14, 2025

Coffin of Contention: The Recovery and Return of Pa-di-Hor-pa-khered’s Stolen Coffin

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The anthropomorphic coffin of Pa-di-Hor-pa-khered, believed to have belonged to a member of Egypt’s elite during the Ptolemaic era (4th–3rd ...
March 27, 2025

From Pretrial Release to Disappearance: Where is Hamburg-based dealer Serop Simonian?

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Having surrendered in Germany in connection with a multi-country investigation into illicit antiquities trafficking,   Serop Simonian   was ...
February 11, 2025

Facing Justice: Ashraf Omar Eldarir Pleads Guilty in High-Profile Smuggling Case

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In a significant case of cultural property smuggling, previously reported on ARCA's blog , Ashraf Omar Eldarir, a naturalised U.S. citiz...
January 11, 2023

Not surprisingly, and despite all of his protestations earlier, Ali Aboutaam has been convicted.

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In a hearing that took less than an hour at the Geneva police court, Ali Aboutaam, the owner of the Geneva gallery Phoenix Ancient Art SA ha...
September 7, 2022

5+1+9+1= 16 plundered Egyptian artefacts restituted to their rightful owners in New York

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On the US side of the ocean, antiquities restitution ceremonies continue at a brisk pace.  This afternoon, another fifteen looted antiquitie...