Al-Ahram Weekly

New York antiquities dealer Frederick Schultz, a former president of the National Association of Dealers in Ancient, Oriental and Primitive Art and consultant in antiques to former President Bill Clinton, goes on trial this week in the United States on a charge of knowingly conspiring to receive articles stolen from the Egyptian authorities. Nevine Al-Aref follows the trail of stolen antiquities and the application of the Egyptian Antiquities Law. Jenny Jobbins reports on the rejection of a pre-trial defence motion that the law is invalid in the US

Home at long last
As Egypt celebrates the return of a number of valuable antiquities, Nevine El-Aref traces some intriguing tales of theft and recovery of recent years

Dig days
The dance with robbers continues
By Zahi Hawass

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 31 Jan. - 6 Feb. 2002 Issue No.571
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