{"id":226118,"date":"2022-05-16T16:36:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/us-embassy-hosts-cultural-property-crime-workshop-to-protect-egypts-cultural-heritage?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-05-16T16:36:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:36:20","slug":"u-s-embassy-hosts-cultural-property-crime-workshop-to-protect-egypts-cultural-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/u-s-embassy-hosts-cultural-property-crime-workshop-to-protect-egypts-cultural-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy Hosts Cultural Property Crime Workshop to Protect Egypt\u2019s Cultural Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/0ce0ebdee6af2f0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/0ce0ebdee6af2f0\" alt=\"U.S. Embassy in Egypt\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/0ce0ebdee6af2f0\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Embassy, in coordination with Egypt&rsquo;s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, is hosting a cultural property workshop to share best practices on combatting illicit trafficking of Egyptian antiquities and cultural objects from May 15 to 19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This year&rsquo;s workshop will feature cultural heritage, judicial, regulatory, and law enforcement experts responsible for investigating, monitoring, prosecuting, and enforcing cultural property crimes and laws.&nbsp; During the workshop, attendees will exchange information with Egyptian and American counterparts, examine case studies, and visit some of Egypt&rsquo;s famed cultural sites.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the importance of the workshop to the preservation of Egypt&rsquo;s cultural heritage, U.S. Embassy Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Nicole Shampaine said, &ldquo;Advancing U.S.-Egyptian cooperation to counter the illegal trafficking and trade of Egypt&rsquo;s cultural artifacts remains a priority of the United States.&nbsp; This workshop strengthens our shared efforts to secure and protect Egypt&rsquo;s renowned archeological sites and cultural objects.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Egypt was the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to sign a cultural property protection agreement with the United States in 2016, which was renewed in November 2021.&nbsp; The United States regularly partners with the Egyptian government to investigate the unauthorized removal of archeological material from the country.&nbsp; This cooperation has resulted in the return of 5,000 priceless manuscripts to Cairo in 2021 and the famed golden sarcophagus of the Priest of Nedjemankh in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The protection, conservation, and repatriation of Egypt&rsquo;s cultural heritage is just one of the many ways the United States partners with the people and government of&nbsp;Egypt.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of U.S. Embassy in Egypt.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo The U.S. Embassy, in coordination with Egypt&rsquo;s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, is hosting a cultural property workshop to share best practices on combatting illicit trafficking of Egyptian antiquities and cultural objects from May 15 to 19.&nbsp; This year&rsquo;s workshop will feature cultural heritage, judicial, regulatory, and law enforcement experts responsible for investigating, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-226118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/u-s-embassy-hosts-cultural-property-crime-workshop-to-protect-egypts-cultural-heritage.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}