It appears the auction has now been removed. If the seller is telling the truth, he may well be charged - compare:
> U.S. pilot charged in stolen Egyptian art case
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23036845/
>
> An Army helicopter pilot faces charges of selling
> stolen Egyptian
> antiquities dating to 3000 B.C., federal prosecutors
> said Wednesday.
>
> Chief Warrant Officer Edward George Johnson was
> arrested Tuesday in Alabama
> on charges of transportation of stolen property and
> wire fraud, U.S.
> Attorney Michael Garcia said.
>
> Johnson, 44, was stationed in Cairo in September
> 2002 when about 370
> artifacts were stolen from the Ma'adi Museum near
> Cairo, according to a
> criminal complaint filed in federal court. The
> items, dating to 3000 B.C. or
> earlier, had come from an archaeological site
> excavated in the 1920s and
> 1930s.
>
> Johnson contacted an art dealer in January 2003 and
> offered to sell a
> collection of Egyptian antiquities, saying his
> grandfather acquired them
> while working in Egypt in the 1930s and 1940s,
> prosecutors said. Some items
> were later consigned to galleries in New York,
> London, Zurich and Montreal.
>
> http://www.msnbc.
>
> An Army helicopter pilot faces charges of selling
> stolen Egyptian
> antiquities dating to 3000 B.C., federal prosecutors
> said Wednesday.
>
> Chief Warrant Officer Edward George Johnson was
> arrested Tuesday in Alabama
> on charges of transportation of stolen property and
> wire fraud, U.S.
> Attorney Michael Garcia said.
>
> Johnson, 44, was stationed in Cairo in September
> 2002 when about 370
> artifacts were stolen from the Ma'adi Museum near
> Cairo, according to a
> criminal complaint filed in federal court. The
> items, dating to 3000 B.C. or
> earlier, had come from an archaeological site
> excavated in the 1920s and
> 1930s.
>
> Johnson contacted an art dealer in January 2003 and
> offered to sell a
> collection of Egyptian antiquities, saying his
> grandfather acquired them
> while working in Egypt in the 1930s and 1940s,
> prosecutors said. Some items
> were later consigned to galleries in New York,
> London, Zurich and Montreal.
Tim
__._,_.___----- Original Message -----From: Glenn AitelliSent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:52 AMSubject: Re: [Ancientartifacts] this is the only thing i could smuggle back through military customs agent
Hi Aldo. I think this auction should and will be stopped. It is a protected site and the fact that one of our own soldiers is pilfering archaelogical sites in Iraq only makes it worse.NO COMMENTS
ancient babylonion/sumerian temple brick 120244628309
http://tinyurl.com/5q3tlc
Should not this auction be stopped by eBay?
Regards
Aldo
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