Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
Friday, 13 February 2009
Zahi Hawass on the Web
Zahi Hawass has a new website. This includes material relating to objects such as the Ka-nefer-nefer mask in the St Louis Art Museum ("Dr. Hawass Calls for Return of Stolen Artifact") and comments on the head of Nefertiti in Berlin ("Cairo Demands Clarification on Nefertiti Bust - Spiegel").
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Further returns to Italy from the MMA
Formerly New York MMA 1991.11.6.1–2. Source: MMA New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned another batch of Greek and Roman ant...
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