CNN's Ben Wedeman on Head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass. A staff, it is said of 30 000 people. Features the Hat.
Photo from Hawass's website.
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- Paul Barford
- British archaeologist living and working in Warsaw Poland. Since the early 1990s a primary interest has been research on artefact hunting and collecting and the market in portable antiquities in the international context.
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- "coiney" - a term I use for private collector of dug up ancient coins, particularly a member of the Moneta-L forum or the ACCG
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- CBA - Council for British Archaeology [UK]
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- HER - Historic Environment Record [UK]
- PAS - Portable Antiquities Scheme
- UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNESCO 1970 Convention - Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
2 comments:
I see now that before me Nathan Elkins had posted on his blog a related video http://coinarchaeology.blogspot.com/2008/12/zahi-hawass-digging-or-history.html. Sorry Nathan for not noticing it earlier. Interesting stuff though.
Not a problem at all. Sharing is what blogs are for.
Best,
Nathan
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