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Egypt Calls for Return of Ancient Treasures (8th April, 2010) : Egypt Calls for Return of Ancient Treasures (8th April, 2010)

Slide 2 : Museum directors and culture ministers from 16 countries are meeting in Cairo this week to try and get back ancient treasures. They will discuss strategies to recover important parts of their heritage that are kept in museums in other countries. Officials include representatives from India, Greece, Italy, Nigeria and China. Most of their antiquities were taken centuries ago by invading armies and colonizers. Those attending the two-day conference will draw up a list of items they want returned. Egypt wants the return of thousands of ancient Egyptian artifacts currently being kept in Western museums. The event has been organised by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, which is calling for "the protection and restitution of cultural heritage”.

Slide 3 : Many world famous and iconic items of human history will be discussed. Egypt will call for the return from Britain of the 2,000-year-old Rosetta Stone. Egypt's archaeology representative Dr. Zahi Hawass also has a 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti high on his list. Hawass has had a lot of success in recovering antiquities. In the past decade, he has successfully got back over 30,000 items from overseas. Greece is fighting another high-profile antiquity battle. It wants the return of the Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Marbles, which the British removed from Athens at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The conference will also ask UNESCO to change international laws that allow stolen antiquities to be sold and exported.

Slide 4 : ANTIQUITIES: What are the most important icons in your culture? Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the most important at the top. Change partners and share your ratings again. Things that are 10,000 years old skeletons jewellery paintings buildings weapons coins written things

Slide 5 : ANCIENT: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘ancient’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

Slide 6 : TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if  a-h  below are true (T) or false (F). a. Sixteen countries are meeting to return cultural treasure to Egypt. T / F b. Greek representatives decided not to attend the meeting in Cairo. T / F c. The artifacts countries want returned were taken this century. T / F d. The meeting is organized by an Egyptian antique organization. T / F e. The Rosetta Stone is currently in British hands. T / F f. A man called Dr. Hawass has recovered more than 30,000 artifacts. T / F g. There is a dispute between Greece and Britain over marble artifacts. T / F h. All international law bans the exporting of cultural artifacts. T / F

Slide 7 : ANSWERS TRUE / FALSE: a. F b. F c. F d. F e. T f. T g. T h. F

Slide 8 : SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article. 1. get back a. taken 2. strategies b. tactics 3. invading c. symbolic 4. colonizers d. return 5. restitution e. amend 6. iconic f. abroad 7. bust g. invaders 8. overseas h. recover 9. removed i. conquering 10. change j. statue

Slide 9 : ANSWERS SYNONYM MATCH: 1. get back a. recover 2. strategies b. tactics 3. invading c. conquering 4. colonizers d. invaders 5. restitution e. return 6. iconic f. symbolic 7. bust g. statue 8. overseas h. abroad 9. removed i. taken 10. change j. amend

Slide 10 : PHRASE MATCH:  (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) 1. Museum directors and culture a. centuries ago 2. They will discuss b. decade 3. antiquities were taken c. of cultural heritage 4.draw up a d. the nineteenth century 5.the protection and restitution e. of Queen Nefertiti 6.world famous and f. strategies 7.a 3,400-year-old bust g. to be sold 8.In the past h. ministers 9.at the beginning of i. list 10.laws that allow stolen antiquities j. iconic items

Slide 11 : ANSWERS PHRASE MATCH: 1. Museum directors and culture a. ministers 2. They will discuss b. strategies 3. antiquities were taken c. centuries ago 4. draw up a d. list 5. the protection and restitution e. of cultural heritage 6. world famous and f. iconic items 7. a 3,400-year-old bust g. of Queen Nefertiti 8. In the past h. decade 9. at the beginning of i. the nineteenth century 10. laws that allow stolen antiquities j. to be sold

Slide 12 : GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text. Museum ____________ and culture ministers from 16 countries are meeting in Cairo this week to try and get back ancient treasures. They will discuss strategies to ____________ important parts of their heritage that are ____________ in museums in other countries. Officials include representatives from India, Greece, Italy, Nigeria and China. Most of their antiquities were taken ____________ ago by invading armies and colonizers. Those attending the two-day conference will ____________ up a list of items they want returned. Egypt wants the return of ____________ of ancient Egyptian artefacts  ____________ being kept in Western museums. The event has been organised by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, which is calling for "the protection and restitution of cultural ____________”.   currently centuries recover heritage draw directors thousands kept

Slide 13 : ANSWERS GAP FILL: Egypt calls for return of ancient treasures Museum directors and culture ministers from 16 countries are meeting in Cairo this week to try and get back ancient treasures. They will discuss strategies to recover important parts of their heritage that are kept in museums in other countries. Officials include representatives from India, Greece, Italy, Nigeria and China. Most of their antiquities were taken centuries ago by invading armies and colonizers. Those attending the two-day conference will draw up a list of items they want returned. Egypt wants the return of thousands of ancient Egyptian artifacts  currently being kept in Western museums. The event has been organised by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, which is calling for "the protection and restitution of cultural heritage”.

Slide 14 : GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text. Many world famous and iconic ____________ of human history will be discussed. Egypt will ____________ for the return from Britain of the 2,000-year-old Rosetta Stone. Egypt's archaeology representative Dr. Zahi Hawass also has a 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti ____________ on his list. Hawass has had a lot of ____________ in recovering antiquities. In the ____________ decade, he has successfully got back over 30,000 items from overseas. Greece is fighting another high-profile antiquity ____________. It wants the return of the Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Marbles, which the British removed from Athens at the ____________ of the nineteenth century. The conference will also ask UNESCO to change international laws that allow stolen antiquities to be sold and ____________.  battle success call beginning past items exported high

Slide 15 : ANSWERS GAP FILL: Egypt calls for return of ancient treasures Many world famous and iconic items of human history will be discussed. Egypt will call for the return from Britain of the 2,000-year-old Rosetta Stone. Egypt's archaeology representative Dr. Zahi Hawass also has a 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti high on his list. Hawass has had a lot of success in recovering antiquities. In the past decade, he has successfully got back over 30,000 items from overseas. Greece is fighting another high-profile antiquity battle. It wants the return of the Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Marbles, which the British removed from Athens at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The conference will also ask UNESCO to change international laws that allow stolen antiquities to be sold and exported

Slide 16 : LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps Museum directors and culture ministers ______________________ meeting in Cairo this week ______________________ ancient treasures. They will discuss strategies to recover important parts of their heritage ______________________ museums in other countries. Officials include representatives from India, Greece, Italy, Nigeria and China. Most of their antiquities were taken centuries ago by invading ______________________. Those attending the two-day conference will draw up a list of items they want returned. Egypt ______________________ thousands of ancient Egyptian artefacts  currently being kept in Western museums. The event has been organised by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, ______________________ "the protection and restitution of cultural heritage”. Many world ______________________ of human history will be discussed. Egypt will call for the return from Britain of the 2,000-year-old Rosetta Stone. Egypt's ______________________ Dr. Zahi Hawass also has a 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti high on his list. Hawass has had a lot ______________________ antiquities. In the past decade, he has successfully got back over 30,000 items from overseas. Greece is fighting ______________________ antiquity battle. It wants the return of the Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Marbles, which the British removed from Athens ______________________ the nineteenth century. The conference will also ask UNESCO to change international laws that allow stolen antiquities to ______________________.

Slide 17 : HERITAGE DISCUSSION a) What did you think when you read the headline? b) What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘heritage’? c) Are you proud of your country’s heritage? d) Do you think it’s important to maintain a country’s heritage? e) Do you think all cultural artifacts belong to their original countries? f) Do you like looking at the cultural artifacts of other countries? g) What should people teach children about heritage? h) What are the most important aspects of your country’s heritage and why? i) Which country has the world’s most important heritage? j) Do you think the world’s most important things should be put in a world museum?

Slide 18 : HERITAGE DISCUSSION a) Did you like reading this article? b) What are the most iconic items of world heritage? c) What are your favorite world heritage sites? d) Are you interested in archaeology? e) What’s more important to you, heritage or technology? f) Should Britain empty out the British Museum and return everything? g) Why do you think countries hang on to artefacts from other countries? h) What’s your greatest treasure? i) What things created today will be part of your country’s heritage 2,000 years from now? j) What questions would you like to ask Dr. Zahi Hawass?

Slide 19 : LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE Museum directors and culture ministers from 16 countries are meeting in Cairo this week to try and get back ancient treasures. They will discuss strategies to (1) ____ important parts of their heritage that are kept in museums in other countries. Officials (2) ____ representatives from India, Greece, Italy, Nigeria and China. Most of their antiquities were taken centuries ago by (3) ____ armies and colonizers. Those attending the two-day conference will draw (4) ____ a list of items they want returned. Egypt wants the return of thousands of ancient Egyptian artefacts (5) ____ being kept in Western museums. The event has been organised by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, which is (6) ____ for "the protection and restitution of cultural heritage”. 1. (a) recover (b) discover (c) cover (d) covet 2. (a) inclusive (b) include (c) includes (d) inclusion 3. (a) invasive (b) invasion (c) invading (d) invade 4. (a) down (b) in (c) of (d) up 5. (a) currency (b) currants (c) current (d) currently 6. (a) calls (b) call (c) calling (d) called

Slide 20 : LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE Many world famous and (7) ____ items of human history will be discussed. Egypt will call for the return from Britain of the 2,000-year-old Rosetta Stone. Egypt's archaeology representative Dr. Zahi Hawass also has a 3,400-year-old (8) ____ of Queen Nefertiti (9) ____ on his list. Hawass has had a lot of success in recovering antiquities. In the past decade, he has successfully got back over 30,000 items from overseas. Greece is fighting another (10) ____ -profile antiquity battle. It wants the return of the Elgin Marbles, also (11) ____ as the Parthenon Marbles, which the British removed from Athens at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The conference will also ask UNESCO to change international laws that allow (12) ____ antiquities to be sold and exported. 7. (a) iconic (b) icon (c) icons (d) ironic 8. (a) burst (b) bust (c) broken (d) boom 9. (a) tall (b) above (c) high (d) over 10. (a) high (b) tall (c) big (d) up 11. (a) knew (b) knowing (c) knows (d) known 12. (a) steals (b) stolen (c) stealing (d) steal

Slide 21 : ANSWERS LANGUAGE WORK 1 – a 2 – b 3 - c 4 – d 5 – d 6 – c 7 – a 8 – b 9 – c 10 – a 11 – d 12 - b