Collections at Risk: Challenges in a New Environment
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EgyptologySynopsis
Conflicts and wars, and more specifically the 2011 Revolution in Egypt, have brought to light the worrying question of the preservation of the cultural heritage in the world. The role of museums and international institutions have become ever more important in this respect. Recognizing that cultural treasures can form the basis for education and economic prosperity, the organizers devoted the 29th Annual Meeting of ICOM's International Committee for Egyptology (CIPEG) to the theme of "Collections at Risk: New Challenges in a New Environment." The present volume contains several of the papers read during those sessions in Brussels in 2012, and gives a clear example of the multifarious paths that lay open to obtaining the objective of preserving the past for the future.
Chapters
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
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Museums in Danger and How They Can Survive
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Training against Attacks on Cultural Heritage
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Tell el-FarkhaThe Life of Discovered Objects after the Excavations
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The Role of the Antiquities Museum in Preserving the Archeological Heritage of Alexandria, Egypt
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Sauvés des flammesDestruction et reconstruction de sculptures monumentales de la collection égyptienne des Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles
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Collections at a LossThe Looting of Egyptian Objects in 1945 after the End of WWII as Illustrated by an Exhibition at the Museum August Kestner, Hannover
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Pharaoh's PalaceFrom the Ruins of Memphis to Copenhagen
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Les collections égyptiennes et proche-orientales du Musée royal de MariemontRisques encourus et préventions de ceux-ci
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New Methods of Handling and Care of Collections in the Grand Egyptian Museum and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
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The Papyrus Puzzle, or How to Unlock a Random Papyrus Collection?
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Egyptology and Museum EducationThe Budapest Program "On the Field of Osiris" as a Tool for Preserving Cultural Heritage
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A Rescue from Oblivion
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GraywackeA Case Study for the Accurate Use of Appropriate Stone Terminology
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Sarah Belzoni and Her MummyNotes on the Early History of the Egyptian Collection in Brussels
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Aegyptiaca IncognitaThe Birth, Development, and Use of University Collections with Ancient Egyptian Objects in Northwest Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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Highlighting the Camillo Leone Egyptian Collection
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The New Installation of the Egyptian and Nubian Rooms in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional (National Archaeological Museum), Madrid, Spain
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The Ancient Egyptian Collections in Croatia and the Project Croato-Aegyptica Electronica
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Subject Index
