, 1985 . ref Content In the preface of Antiquities of the Jews , Josephus provides his motivation ... of Antiquities of the Jews http pace.mcmaster.ca york york showText?text anti Greek and English DEFAULTSORT Antiquities Of The Jews Category Works by Josephus Category Non rabbinic Jewish texts Category ... it will appear to all the Greeks worthy of their study for it will contain all our antiquities ..., the Jews were thought to lack great historical figures and a credible history of their people. They were also accused of harboring hostility toward non Jews, and were thought to be generally ... against the Jews fluttering about the Roman empire, Josephus, formerly Joseph ben Matthias, set ... may be skewed, Jospehus Judean Antiquities is a vital source for the history of the Intertestamental ... personal life, Vita , as an appendix to the Judean Antiquities . Manuscripts The extant copies of this work ... Greek manuscript of the Antiquities dates from the eleventh century, ref Clare K. Rothschild, Echo ... more details
Antiquities of the Jews was lost during the Middle Ages, when ancient objects were collected with other ... definitions such as museum Departments of Antiquities often cover later periods, but in normal usage Gothic art Gothic objects, for example, would not now be described as antiquities, though in 1700 they might well have been, as the cut off date for antiquities has tended to retreat since the word ... less likely to be called antiquities than in earlier periods. Francis Bacon wrote in 1605 Antiquities ... . ref OED ref The art trade reflects modern usage of the term Christie s Department of Antiquities ... ... ref http www.bonhams.com cgi bin public.sh pubweb publicSite.r?sContinent usa&Screen antiquities ... conference.legadoandalusi.es en doa1.htm Department of Antiquities of Jordan website ref in Antiquities ... discussion, because of this imprecision. Most, but not all, antiquities have been recovered by archaeology ... returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum The export of antiquities is now heavily controlled by law ... but a large trade in Illicit antiquities has resulted. The Euphronios krater is an apparent example ... art markets. Antiquary An antiquary was originally someone concerned with antiquities, and John ... antiquarian books a category even less precisely defined than antiquities. See also Ancient art Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus Japanese cultural artifacts controversy Antiquities Act of 1906 US Israel Antiquities Authority Supreme Council of Antiquities Egypt Category Antiquities of the Louvre Category Archaeological forgery Antiquities Magic The Gathering References reflist Category Ancient ... more details
Antiquities trade is the exchange of antiquities and Artifact archaeology archaeological artifacts from around the world. This trade may be illicit or completely legal. The illicit antiquities trade involves non scientific extraction that ignores the Archaeology archaeological and Anthropology anthropological context from which the artifacts derive. The legal antiquities trade abide by national regulations, which now universally provides for extraction that allows for the scientific study of the artifacts in order to study the archaeological and anthropological context. Illicit trade see also Art theft Looted art Illicit antiquities are those found in illegal or unregulated excavations, and traded covertly. The black market trade of illicit antiquities is supplied by looting and art theft . Artifacts are often those that have been discovered and unearthed at archeological digs and then transported internationally through a middleman to often unsuspecting collectors, museums, antique dealers, and auction houses. The antiquities trade is much more careful in recent years about establishing the provenance of cultural artifacts. ref http www.archaeology.org online interviews atwood.html Archaeological Institute of America ref ref name news.bbc.co.uk http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi uk news 3392057.stm BBC ref Some estimates put annual turnover in billions of US dollars. It is believed by many archaeologists and cultural heritage lawyers that the circulation, marketing and collectorship of ancient artifacts, the demand that it creates, cause the continuous looting and destruction of archaeological sites around the world ref See e.g. Colin Renfrew, Loot, legitimacy and ownership the ethical ... the Getty Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art . Legal trade The legal trade in antiquities abide by the laws in which the artifacts originate. These laws establish how the antiquities may be extracted ... DEFAULTSORT Antiquities Trade Category Ancient art Category Archaeology Category Archaeological ... more details
The Antiquities Act resulted from concerns about protecting mostly prehistoric Indian ruins and artifacts collectively termed antiquities on federal lands in the West, such as at Chaco Culture National ... sites on United States federal lands and to prohibit excavation or destruction of these antiquities ... List url http www.nps.gov history archeology sites antiquities MonumentsList.htm accessdate 2009 May ... requires that a permit Antiquities Permit be obtained from the Secretary of the department which ... amended the Antiquities Act, requiring Congressional consent for any future creation or enlargement ... righter.htm title National Monuments to National Parks The Use of the Antiquities Act of 1906 author ... Interest Lands Conservation Act requires Congressional ratification of the use of the Antiquities ... and Wildlife Service accessdate May 16, 2006 ref Codification The Antiquities Act is codified at UnitedStatesCode ... of American Antiquities Timeline of environmental events References references External links http www.nps.gov archeology SITES Antiquities docs 2007RSellars VeryLargeArray AntiqActMEVENPS.pdf Richard West Sellars, A Very Large Array Early Federal Historic Preservation The Antiquities Act, Mesa ... of New Mexico School of Law, 2007 . http www.cr.nps.gov archeology pubs lee The Story of the Antiquities Act , by Ronald F. Lee http www.cr.nps.gov archeology sites antiquitiesAntiquities Act 1906 ... act1906 act.html Archeology.org http www.uapress.arizona.edu Books bid1649.htm The Antiquities Act ... 90631198 The Highs and Lows of the Antiquities Act US Environmental law Category United States National ... National Monuments of the United States Antiquities Act Category United States federal public ... more details
for other Museums with the same name Museum of Antiquities disambiguation Infobox Museum name Museum of Antiquities image Museum of Antiquities 1.jpg 200px imagesize 200 map type map caption latitude 54.9793 longitude 1.6153 established 1960 dissolved 2008 small merged into the Great North Museum small location Newcastle upon Tyne , England type Archaeology museum visitors director Miss Lindsay Allason Jones curator publictransit website http museums.ncl.ac.uk museums.ncl.ac.uk Dead link The Museum of Antiquities was an archaeological museum at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne , England . It opened in 1960 and in 2009 its collections were merged into the Great North Museum Hancock . ref name last Cite web url http www.ncl.ac.uk press.office press.release content.phtml?ref 1208183792 title Last chance to visit University Museums publisher Newcastle University date 2008 04 14 accessdate 2008 04 24 ref History The museum was originally opened in 1960, and was jointly run by the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne . It was the main archaeology museum in north east England . It covered the history of the region, especially Hadrian s Wall and the Roman Britain Roman period in general. It included a full scale reconstruction of the 3rd century temple dedicated to the Roman god Mithras at Carrawburgh . Overall, the period from early prehistory to the 17th century was covered. The University s memorabilia shop was also located inside. As part of the Great North Museum Project the museum, along with Shefton Museum was moved to the Hancock Museum . On 19 April 2008 the museum closed in preparation for the relocation to the newly renovated Hancock Museum, which reopened in May 2009. ref name last The building which housed the Museum of Antiquities was demolished in 2011 2012. Awards The museum was a finalist for the Gulbenkian ... upon Tyne DEFAULTSORT Museum Of Antiquities Category Newcastle University Category Tyne and Wear ... more details
Infobox Book name Antiquities of Mexico title orig translator image Image Antiquities of mexico.jpg 200px image caption Title page of volume 1 author Lord Kingsborough illustrator cover artist country London, England language series subject genre publisher Agostino Aglio A. Aglio Vols. 1&ndash 5 , BR R. Havell Vols. 6&ndash 7 , BR H.G. Bohn Vols. 8&ndash 9 pub date 1830&ndash 1848 english pub date media type elephant folio pages 9 vols. isbn oclc 5852094 preceded by followed by Antiquities of Mexico is a compilation of facsimile reproductions of Mesoamerican literature such as Maya codices , Mixtec codices , and Aztec codices as well as historical accounts and explorers descriptions of archaeological ruins. It was assembled and published by Lord Kingsborough Edward King, Lord Kingsborough , in the early decades of the 19th century. While much of the material pertains to pre Columbian cultures, there are also documents relevant to studies of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire . Antiquities of Mexico was produced to make copies of rare manuscripts in European collections available for study by scholars. The work consists of nine volumes, each published in a large elephant folio format. It was originally planned as ten, but Lord Kingsborough died before the full work could be completed. Kingsborough commissioned the Italian landscape painter Agostino Aglio to furnish the reproduction drawings and lithograph s of the Mesoamerica n artworks and codices used to illustrate the volumes. Born in Cremona and resident in London since 1803, Aglio had previously illustrated antiquities of Ancient Egypt and Magna Gr cia on behalf of the English architect William Wilkins architect ... authorlink Lord Kingsborough year 1830&ndash 1848 title Antiquities of Mexico comprising fac similes ... William year 1831 chapter Art. VIII. Antiquities of Mexico comprising Fac similes of Ancient Mexican ... of Chicago Press isbn 0 22687 635 7 oclc 50928664 refend END biblio format style DEFAULTSORT Antiquities ... more details
Museum of Antiquities may refer to Expand list date August 2008 Museum of Antiquities at Newcastle University Museum of Antiquities Algiers Museum of Antiquities Saskatoon Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Museum of Antiquities Egypt disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2011 Image titlepage .gif thumb 200px right Title page A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities is an English language English language encyclopedia first published in 1842 and then in many revised editions through 1890. Covering law, religion, architecture, warfare, daily life, and similar subjects primarily from the Classics classicist s standpoint, it was one of a series of reference works on classical antiquity by William Smith lexicographer William Smith the others cover persons and places. It runs to well over a million words in any edition, and all editions are now in the public domain . See also Realencyclop die der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft Dictionnaire des Antiquit s Grecques et Romaines List of online encyclopedias External links http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text.jsp?doc Perseus text 1999.04.0063 1890 edition at Perseus Project http books.google.com books?pg PA1&dq Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities&id 6VgGAAAAQAAJ&output html 1878 edition at Google Books , HTML http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Roman Texts secondary SMIGRA home.html 1875 edition at LacusCurtius about 50 of it the Roman articles http www.ancientlibrary.com smith dgra 1870 edition , OCR at Ancient Library In addition, an 1863 abridgment of the work, http www.antiquebooks.net readpage.html classic A Short Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities , is also online, complete. ref book stub Category 1842 books DEFAULTSORT Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, A Category Online encyclopedias Category Reference works in the public domain Category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities es Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities fr A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities it A dictionary of greek and roman antiquities la Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities pt Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities ... more details
about the work by Seyffert the work by Peck Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities refimprove date May 2011 italic title The Dictionary of Classical Antiquities 1891, revised many times in the 1950s and 60s , covers Ancient Greek and Ancient Rome Roman antiquities, mythology and literature in over 2,500 articles. ref cite web title Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, Mythology, Religion, Literature and Art 2011 reprint url http www.cambridge.org gb knowledge isbn item4025945 ?site locale en GB work Cambridge University Press publications website accessdate 19 May 2011 ref It was written in German by Oskar Seyffert and edited by Henry Nettleship and John Edwin Sandys . References reflist External links http www.archive.org details dictionaryofclas95seyf Full text ebook at University of Connecticut Libraries Category Classical antiquity Category Dictionaries ref book stub ... more details
The Museum of London Antiquities was a collection established by Charles Roach Smith in Bishopsgate , London , England. In 1854, Roach Smith published a Catalogue Of The Museum Of London Antiquities to itemize the collection. In 1855, he sold the collection to the British Museum . ref name Hobley cite web url http ads.ahds.ac.uk catalogue adsdata arch 457 1 dissemination pdf vol02 vol02 13 02 13 328 333.pdf title Charles Roach Smith 1807 1890 Pioneer Rescue Archaeologist last Hobley first Brian publisher Archaeology Data Service The University of York page 329 accessdate 17 July 2011 ref References Reflist External links http books.google.com books?id R0qVhKVTqsC Catalogue of the Museum of London Antiquities DEFAULTSORT Museum of London Antiquities Category Museums established in 1854 Category Museums disestablished in 1855 Category British Museum Category Archaeology museums in London Category Numismatic museums in the United Kingdom Category Museums of Ancient Rome in the United Kingdom Category 1854 establishments in England Category 1855 disestablishments in England ... more details
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for other Museums with the same name Museum of Antiquities disambiguation Infobox Museum name Museum of Antiquities image Museum of Antiquities Saskatoon View 1.jpeg imagesize 200 map type map caption latitude 52.13053 longitude 106.63253 established 1974 dissolved location University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada type Archaeology museum visitors director Tracene Harvey curator publictransit website URL http www.usask.ca antiquities File Museum of Antiquities Hannibal.JPG thumb alt Hannibal An original 17th century portrait of Hannibal. Donated to the Museum by Judge John C. Currelley in honour of his mother, Mary Newton Currelly. The Museum of Antiquities is an archaeological museum at the University of Saskatchewan . It opened in 1974 to provide an opportunity to study ancient works. The Museum currently features a variety of Greek and Roman sculpture, and contains a collection of Near Eastern, Egyptian, Byzantine, and Medieval art. It is one of only a handful of museums of its kind in Canada. History The museum was originally opened in 1974 by Professor Nicholas Gyenes and Professor Michael Swan. It moved to the Murray Library on the U of S campus and was officially opened to the public as the Museum of Antiquities in 1981. Catherine Gunderson became the first curator and director of the museum at this time. It began as a way to study Ancient Greek and Roman ... through improved visual displays. ref cite web url http www.usask.ca antiquities aboutus.html title About Us publisher Museum of Antiquities accessdate 2011 03 02 ref Pieces The Museum s pieces ... Stone and the Venus de Milo. ref cite web url http www.usask.ca antiquities collection.html title The Collection publisher Museum of Antiquities accessdate 2011 03 02 ref The collection ... antiquities childrensworkshops.html title Children s Workshops publisher Museum of Antiquities accessdate ... External links Official website http www.usask.ca antiquities University of Saskatchewan Category ... more details
Infobox organization name Israel Antiquities Authority br image2 formation 1948 status headquarters ... home eng.asp antiquities.org.il remarks File Rashuthatikot1.jpg thumb 150px Israel Antiquities Authority storage room The Israel Antiquities Authority IAA, lang he , lang ar , before 1990, the Israel Department of Antiquities is an independent Israel i governmental authority responsible for enforcing the 1978 Law of Antiquities. The IAA regulates excavation ... in the Rockefeller Museum . The Israel Antiquities Authority plans to move into a new building ... The Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums IDAM of the Ministry of Education Israel Ministry ... over the functions of the Department of Antiquities of the British Mandate for Palestine British Mandate in Israel. Originally, its activities were based on the British Mandate Department of Antiquities ordinances. IDAM was the statutory authority responsible for the Israel s antiquities and for the administration of small museums. Its functions include curation of the state collection of antiquities, storing of the state collection, maintaining a list of registered antiquities sites, inspecting antiquities sites and registering newly discovered sites, conducting Rescue archaeology salvage and rescue operations of endangered antiquities sites, maintaining an archaeological library the state ... of the Department of Antiquities Hebrew now defunct Atiqot Hebrew and English still published Hadashot ... of Israel. The Israel Antiquities Authority IAA was created from the IDAM by the Knesset Israeli ... Antiquities Robbery Prevention Unit Archives Department library IAA Internet Sites Unit Finance Administration ... of israel s antiquities 1.310438?localLinksEnabled false Holyland site yields historical gems ref References reflist External links http www.antiquities.org.il home eng.asp Israel Antiquities Authority ... Campus for the Archaeology of Israel on the Israel Antiquities Authority website. commonscat inline ... more details
The Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities the Greek Agency for Marine Archaeology is a department within the Greek Ministry of Culture . Katerina Delaporta is the director of this agency. Permission from the EUA is needed to conduct surveys and photography dives on architectural structures, such as shipwrecks, in the Greek waters. Greece stub Category Archaeology of Greece ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 The Prehistoric Antiquities Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Thessaloniki , Greece . coord missing Greece External links http www.hri.org culture97 tour museums 13.html Museums in Thessaloniki Category Prehistory of Greek Macedonia Thessaloniki Category Museums in Thessaloniki Category Archaeological museums in Macedonia Greece Thessaloniki Greece museum stub ... more details
the antiquities legislation. As romanticism and nationalism began to awaken, so did general ... Society, by its activity, greatly influenced the development of Finnish antiquities legislation ... was reorganized in 1972 and became the National Board of Antiquities. External links http www.nba.fi en The National Board of Antiquities of Finland Category Finnish culture fr Direction des mus es ... more details
The Supreme Council of Antiquities often called SCA was the branch of the Egypt ian Ministry of Culture Egypt Ministry of Culture responsible for the conservation, protection and regulation of all antiquities and archaeological excavations in Egypt . Established in 1859 as the Department of Antiquities, then renamed the Egyptian Antiquities Organisation in 1971, the SCA acquired its title in 1994 by presidential decree. The SCA was responsible for defining the boundaries around archaeological sites and was also the only agent permitted to restore or preserve Egyptian monuments. ref cite web url http weekly.ahram.org.eg 2009 938 eg7.htm title Al Ahram Weekly & 124 Egypt & 124 Hands off, and we ... 2012 ref The SCA also oversaw the recovery of antiquities either stolen or illegally exported ... cite web url http weekly.ahram.org.eg 2005 751 eg7.htm title Al Ahram Weekly & 124 Egypt & 124 Antiquities ... General. ref cite web url http archive.cyark.org egypts supreme council of antiquities partner title CyArk Egypt s Supreme Council of Antiquities publisher Archive.cyark.org date 9 January 2006 accessdate ... for Antiquities MSA . Antiquities Service French Directors Auguste Mariette 1858 1881 Gaston Maspero ... 1960 1964 Mohammed Mahdi 1964 1966 Gamal Mokhtar 1967 1971 Egyptian Antiquities Organization Gamal ... Bakr 1990 1993 Supreme Council of Antiquities Mohammed Abdel Halim Nur el Din 1993 1996 Ali Hassan ... publisher Artclair.com date accessdate 4 February 2012 ref Ministry of State for Antiquities Abdelfattah ... may lead to Cleopatra s tomb http www.sca egypt.org The Supreme Council of Antiquities Official website of the Supreme Council of Antiquities http www.zahihawass.com The Plateau Official website of Dr ...&language id 1&link key 7 About the Supreme Council of Antiquities Category Government ... organisations ar de Supreme Council of Antiquities es Consejo Supremo de ... gyptiennes he nl Supreme Council of Antiquities ja pl ... more details
in Josephus s Jewish AntiquitiesAntiquities of the Jews as Gaul for discussion, see cite book author ...Infobox ethnic group image div style margin top 1px margin bottom 1px File Sephardi Jews mosaic.PNG 300px ... France Sam Costa Jacques Derrida S lvio Santos Hank Azaria small group Sephardi Jews br Yahadut Sfarad poptime Sephardi Jews br unknown br small up to 15 of world Jewish population small ... Jews , Mizrahi Jews , other Jewish ethnic divisions , Spaniards and Portuguese people Portuguese , See also Spanish and Portuguese Jews Sephardi Jews Hebrew name Sfaraddi S p radd is a general term referring to the descendants of the Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula before ..., but Sepharad was identified by later Jews as the Iberian Peninsula , and still means Spain in Hebrew ... by, Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula modern Spain and Portugal before their expulsion in the late 15th century. This includes both the descendants of Jews expelled from Spain under the Alhambra ... of crypto Jews who left the Peninsula in later centuries to North Africa, Asia Minor, the Philippines and elsewhere around the world, and the descendants of crypto Jews who remained in Iberia. In modern times, the term has also been applied to Jews who may not have been born Sephardi or even ... 12,000 Jews in Spain and 2,500 in Portugal ref name Census of Portugal 2003 http www.ine.pt ngt ... although it must be taken into account that, when expelled from Portugal, Jews were allowed to stay ... population. See History of the Jews in Portugal . There is also a community of 600 in Gibraltar ... have been Sardis in Asia Minor. Sepharad was identified by later Jews as the Iberian Peninsula , and still ... Israel, Sephardim is often used in a wider sense to include most Jews of Asian and African ... language , liturgical tradition used by Sephardi Jews in their Siddur prayer book . A nusach is defined ... Hasidim . Divisions Historically, Sephardim are those Jews associated with the Iberian Peninsula . Most ... more details
The Museum of Antiquities is a museum in Algiers , Algeria . It displays antique mosaic s, ancient Islamic art and Roman glass work and sculptures. See also List of museums in Algeria External links http www.world66.com africa algeria algiers museums Algiers museums coord missing Algeria Category Buildings and structures in Algiers Category Museums in Algeria algeria struct stub Africa museum stub fr Mus e national des antiquit s et des arts islamiques ... more details
Harpers Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities is an English language English language encyclopedia on subjects of classical antiquity . It was edited by Harry Thurston Peck and published 1898 by Harper & Brothers in New York . A 1965 reprint runs to 1,750 pages. The dictionary s contents are now in the public domain . External links The dictionary is accessible online in various formats http www.lib.uchicago.edu efts PERSEUS Reference harpers.html Perseus Digital Library at uchicago.edu http www.chlt.org sandbox perseus harper index.html Perseus Digital Library at chlt.org http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?doc Perseus text 1999.04.0062 Perseus Digital Library at tufts.edu with illustrations Category 1898 books Category Online encyclopedias Category Reference works in the public domain Category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities ref book stub ru 1898 ... more details
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The Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance , in Hong Kong Law Cap. 53 , was enacted in 1976 to preserve the objects of historical, archaeological and palaeontological interest and for matters ancillary thereto or connected therewith. It is administered by Secretary for Home Affairs Antiquities and Monuments Office of Leisure and Cultural Services Department . Antiquities Under the Ordinance, Antiquities are defined as places, buildings, sites or structures erected, formed or built by human agency before the year 1800 and the ruins or remains of any such place, building, site or structure, whether or not the same has been modified, added to or restored after the year 1799 and relics . The word, relics is defined as the movable objects made, shaped, painted, carved, inscribed, created, manufactured, produced or modified by human agency before the year 1800 or those have not been modified, added to or restored after the year 1799. Fossil remains or impressions are also considered as relics under the Ordinance. Archaeological Sites All archaeological relics in Hong Kong are considered as properties of the Government under the Ordinance. These includes ancient architecture, kilns, hearths, rock carvings, farm lands, shell or refuse mounds and foot prints of ancient human beings. The Antiquities Authority is empowered to regulate the search and excavation of all such relics through a system of licensing. The most important sites are declared as Declared monuments of Hong Kong Declared Monuments . These are defined under the Ordinance as any feature, structure, building and artefact which are considered important because of its historical, archaeological or palaeontological significance. Over 180 sites are known as Sites of Specific Archaeological Interest SSAI . Monuments After consultation ... period. ref name Subcommittee on Antiquities and Monuments Declaration of Proposed Monument ... 1 e.pdf Subcommittee on Antiquities and Monuments Declaration of Proposed Monument Ho Tung Gardens ... more details
Use British English date November 2010 Use dmy dates date November 2010 The Antiquities Advisory Board is a statutory body ref http www.amo.gov.hk en antiquities.php Leisure and Cultural Services Department Antiquities and Monuments Office Bot generated title ref of the Government of Hong Kong created in 1976 to evaluate old buildings in Hong Kong, and to recommend those with historical or architectural merit for listing as monuments. It is under the responsibility of the Home Affairs Bureau , directly under the Leisure and Cultural Service Department . Its head office is now housed in Former Kowloon British School . History Although the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance , which allowed for its creation was passed in 1971, it was only created as a result of the decisions to demolish the General Post Office, Hong Kong 1911 GPO 1911 GPO building in 1976, and the Kowloon Canton Railway KCR Kowloon Station KCR Tsim Sha Tsui terminus ref name conscious . Role It advises the Antiquities Authority which historical items can be Declared monuments of Hong Kong declared as monument or a proposed monument under of the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance Cap. 53 , how to restore and conserve the historical items, and to promote the conservation of Hong Kong s heritage. It is therefore responsible for grading buildings in and around Hong Kong. However, the grading status is not binding on the Government ref name historic cite news title Historic status for pier, but future still in doubt first Chloe last Lai publisher South China Morning Post date 10 May,, 2007 page 1 ref . Important cases ... its relocation, was approved by the Antiquities Advisory Board in 2002 ref name losing steam cite ... status as a monument ref name antiquities http www.thestandard.com.hk news detail.asp?pp cat 11&art id 44107&sid 13530773&con type 3&d str 20070510&sear year 2007 Antiquities backing to save Queen s Pier ... also Antiquities and Monuments Office Heritage conservation in Hong Kong External links http www.amo.gov.hk ... more details
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