A Vision to Amend the Egyptian Antiquities Law in Light of International Charters and Treaties

Abstract

Over the past years, there were many sequenced laws to protect antiquities and archaeological areas, each of them has faults and gaps that prevented the real preservation of both the antiquities and the surrounding environment, as the law alone, regardless of its quality, is not sufficient for that task. The reason is that civilization and urban heritage are not only antiquities or old manuscripts, but they are a complete system and it is not permissible to omit one of its elements at the expense of other elements. Only here this research importance appears by studying the provision of legal cover for this urban heritage, not to impose penalties or imposing restrictions on actions, but to encourage the legal acquisition or possession, regulate circulation and develop the artistic awareness of the population and thus limit the phenomenon of smuggling and theft of antiquities, and on the other hand the development of the environment and housing compounds associated with those antiques.