MALAGA.- In January 1937, Pablo Picasso began to work on Sueño y mentira de Franco, eighteen scenes etched on two plates. He created them in protest at the military uprising of July 1936 and with the aim of collecting funds for the Republican cause by…
Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass Cleared in Appeal, Avoids One Year in Prison
CAIRO (AP).- An appeals court cleared Egypt’s antiquities minister on Wednesday of failing to implement a court order, sparing the international face of Egyptian archaeology from a year in prison. The earlier ruling had ordered Zahi Hawass to stop bid…
Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass Cleared in Appeal, Avoids One Year in Prison
CAIRO (AP).- An appeals court cleared Egypt’s antiquities minister on Wednesday of failing to implement a court order, sparing the international face of Egyptian archaeology from a year in prison. The earlier ruling had ordered Zahi Hawass to stop bid…
Regional Unrest Inspires Artists at Dubai’s Four-Day Contemporary Art Show
DUBAI (REUTERS).- Stirring canvasses inspired by the unrest sweeping the Arab world feature in a four-day contemporary art show, Art Dubai, running this week through Saturday. Most of the artists from Artspace Gallery in the Dubai International Financi…
Libya’s Roman Sites Unscathed During the Popular Unrest Against Leader Muammar Gaddafi
RABAT (REUTERS).- Libyans appear determined to safeguard their rich cultural heritage during the popular unrest against leader Muammar Gaddafi, protecting it from the looting seen in neighboring Egypt’s revolution just weeks ago. Conquered by most of t…
Hundreds of Egyptian College Students Rally at Iconic Pyramids for Return of Tourists
CAIRO (AP).- As hundreds of Egyptian college students rallied at the iconic pyramids of Giza Friday to promote tourism, camel guide Salah Shabani stood to the side and looked on with sadness. It’s been two weeks since a popular uprising forced Preside…
Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass Says Some Objects Looted from Museum Found
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry has recovered some of the national treasures that went missing from the Egyptian Museum during an uprising which unseated Hosni Mubarak, the country’s top Egyptologist said Monday. Items including a statue…
Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass Says Some Objects Looted from Museum Found
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry has recovered some of the national treasures that went missing from the Egyptian Museum during an uprising which unseated Hosni Mubarak, the country’s top Egyptologist said Monday. Items including a statue…
Minister Zahi Hawass Says Eighteen Items Missing from Egyptian Museum After Unrest
CAIRO (AP).- A full inventory of the Egyptian Museum has found that looters escaped with 18 items during the anti-government unrest, including two gilded wooden statues of famed boy king Tutankhamun, the antiquities chief said Sunday. The 18-day uprisi…
Egypt’s Museums and Ancient Monuments Declared Safe by Authorities
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s museums and ancient monuments, including the Pyramids of Giza, are secure despite upheaval in the streets, and officials recovered nearly 300 archaeological items that were plundered by armed Bedouins in the Sinai Peninsula, the g…