A Department of Antiquities is a
government department with responsibility for
cultural heritage management
Cultural heritage management (CHM) is the vocation and practice of managing cultural heritage. It is a branch of cultural resources management (CRM), although it also draws on the practices of cultural conservation, restoration, museology, archae ...
,
archaeological research and regulating
antiquities trading
The antiquities trade is the exchange of antiquities and archaeological artifacts from around the world. This trade may be illicit or completely legal. The legal antiquities trade abides by national regulations, allowing for extraction of artifact ...
in some countries. Many were established by British and French colonial administrations in the
mandate period and continued by their postcolonial successor states, sometimes under a different name. They include:
* The
Department of Antiquities of Cyprus
* The
Department of Antiquities of Iraq
* The
Department of Antiquities of Jordan
* The
Department of Antiquities of
Mandatory Palestine, which was succeeded by the:
**
Israel Antiquities Authority, known as the Department of Antiquities until 1990
**
Palestinian Department of Antiquities
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
, reestablished in 1994
* The
Division of Antiquities of Tanzania
* The
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
The Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities is the Egyptian government organization which serves to protect and preserve the heritage and ancient history of Egypt. In December 2019 it was merged into the Ministry of Tourism with Khaled al-Anani retain ...
of Egypt, and its predecessor the
Supreme Council of Antiquities
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) was a department of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture from 1994 to 2011. It was the government body responsible for the conservation, protection and regulation of all antiquities and archaeological excavatio ...
, known as the Department of Antiquities until 1971
See also
*
Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Syria
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