Monastery of Saint Aikaterini
Archbishop Damiano confirmed on 1st February that the monastery of Saint Aikaterini is safe.
Qantara near Ismailia
800 artefacts are confirmed to be missing from the Qantara East Storage Magazine, including a large collection of clay vessels, bronze coins, scarabs, and amulets, as well as wooden arrows, textiles, amphora and a headless limestone statue inscribed with hieroglyphic text. It is claimed that none were intended for museum display, but Biblical scholars will be wondering about the fate of a rare inscription mentioning both Yahweh and Asherah wihch is suspected to have been in the warehouse. All missing pieces had been documented and photographs released to Interpol. The recovery of 22 objects was reported on 14th July.
Thirty Trucks have removed the remaining contents of the Qantara East Storage Magazine to saftety in the basement of the Egyptian Musuem in Cairo. The magazine had been attacked and 550 objects stolen, of which 292 were quickly returned. The magazine housed items intended for the new museums at Port Said, Sharm El-Sheikh and Taba, so it is likely some of the objects lost were of display quality.
As this site is now secure, the previous reporting history has been archived into a separate page.
Wadi el-Feiran
On 3rd March Dr Hawass reported that a magazine(s) in in Wadi el-Feiran, near Sharm el-Sheikh was raided. The date of the attack is unknown.
By Kate Phizackerley
Smuggling 29 statues and golden artefacts attempt through Nuweiba port (Failed)
More information: http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/04/smuggling-29-statues-and-golden.html
The inventory report of Qantara storage after 29th Jan. looting
Qantara museum storage, near Ismailia, that was under armed attack on 29th January then a committee was formed to do an inventory for the stolen objects and today the final report was released stating that 800 objects were stolen from different eras.
http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/03/inventory-report-of-qantara-storage.html
Thanks for the update
Kate
First we had the report that 3000 items were stolen in Qantara. Now the number decreased to 288 items and all were recuperated. hehhehehe
Very funny this story!
The ability of the Egyptian for EDITING stories are old ! The Report of Wenamun shows it.
The latest news today is that a few more items have just been recovered. I will update the page and add a link in a little while.
The monastery of saint Aikaterini is safe. Yesterday we spoke with the archbishop Damianos. He told us everything was ok and quiet.
“the minister [Hawass] said Bedouin tribesmen had entered a storage “magazine” in nearby Sinai and stolen six boxes containing hundreds of small artifacts: statues, reliefs, miniature vessels, inscribed blocks, etc., dating from before the pharos through Roman times.”
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/31/egypts-treasures-saved-looters-vandals/#ixzz1CegBUuMY