tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post3143593523927258008..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Egypt Looting: Dashur Magazine Robbed, How?Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-81730401901603455012011-02-14T10:19:54.462-08:002011-02-14T10:19:54.462-08:00Just to put the record straight, I do not recall w...Just to put the record straight, I do not recall what Tokely alleges about Hawass in the book (I cannot say I read it with much attention, it was largely the same old tired arguments), but I suspect that what our anonymous commenter has in mind is the events surrounding Hawass leaving his position as Chief Inspector of the Giza Pyramid Plateau in 1993. He resigned, but rumours were spread that he was fired because a statue went missing during his tenure of the post. Whatever the case, he was reinstated in the post in early 1994, so one can assume that it was demonstrated that he was not personally involved in any wrongdoing.Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-24329041049064545292011-02-14T06:04:43.983-08:002011-02-14T06:04:43.983-08:00Jonathan Tokely was not "rescuing the past&qu...Jonathan Tokely was not "rescuing the past", he was stealing it. There is a lot of self- justificatory myth-making in that book. Yes, I know that officials who should be guarding stuff sometimes are also involved in these thefts. So basically - if you believe that what Tokely says is true - now the country is under military rule you will agree with me that we are now going to see the second phase of the looting? <br /><br />So, if that is true, Mr new-profile-Euphronios whoever you are, what should we in the "market countries" do about this? How should we stop unscrupulous dealers and collectors putting money into the pockets of (you suggest) corrupt members of a foreign military junta?Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-6579235021281817522011-02-14T05:49:05.449-08:002011-02-14T05:49:05.449-08:00If you read Jonathan tokeley's book 'Rescu...If you read Jonathan tokeley's book 'Rescuing the Past' it is the army and the antiquities police who are resposible for a great deal of the illicit sale of antiquities, even Hawass himself was once sacked for selling State owned artifacts. If a magazine is near an army base it is MORE likely to be looted.Euphronioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10154033501171404091noreply@blogger.com