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LOOTING IN EGYPT: WHAT NEXT?
As the political crisis unfolds in Egypt, there are concerns for the security of art and artifacts, including numismatic items. Small, portable and easily sold, coins make attractive targets for looters attemting to cash in on the turmoil. Here are excerpts from a couple articles on the topic, and links to some recent E-Sylum article about numismatic finds and exhibits in that troubled country.
-Editor
From Coins Weekly: On the verge of the demonstrations at the Tahrir square in Cairo Egyptian cultural property has become a victim of looters. Last Friday, during the night of January 28, unknown persons have broken into the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Right now, nobody really knows, what has been damaged, destroyed or stolen. To read the complete article, see: Looting at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and at other remote excavations (www.coinsweekly.com/en/page/4?&id=428)
To view the National Geographic YouTube video, see: Egypt Antiquities Damaged, at Risk During Unrest (www.youtube.com/watch?v=GICGdVS-jck)
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: EGYPT FINDS HOARD OF 2,000-YEAR-OLD BRONZE COINS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n17a26.html)
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM EXHIBIT: COINS THROUGH THE AGES
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n33a19.html)
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