antiquities
Antiquities Ministry calls for suspension of selling of statue in London
Archaeology
July 7, 2014
Antiquities Ministry calls for suspension of selling of statue in London
An Antiquities Ministry official left Cairo on Monday to follow up on developments of selling statue of Sekhemka, of the…
Archaeologists find 5,600-year-old tomb in Egypt
Culture
May 7, 2014
Archaeologists find 5,600-year-old tomb in Egypt
Archaeologists in southern Egypt have discovered a 5,600-year-old preserved tomb and mummy predating the First Dynasty of the pharaohs, the…
British court rules for return of six smuggled Egyptian artifacts
Archaeology
May 7, 2014
British court rules for return of six smuggled Egyptian artifacts
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said that a British court issued a decree ordering the return of six artifacts to Egypt…
Serendipity aids Egypt in struggle to recover stolen heritage
Culture
April 23, 2014
Serendipity aids Egypt in struggle to recover stolen heritage
When French Egyptologist Olivier Perdu saw a fragment of a pharaonic statue on display in a Brussels gallery last year,…
Minister: 8 smuggled antiquities retrieved from the US
Egypt
March 12, 2014
Minister: 8 smuggled antiquities retrieved from the US
Egypt has managed to retrieve eight pieces of antiquities from the United States in collaboration with concerned authorities there, including…
Antiquities Ministry approves taking samples from Khufu ship for analysis
Egypt
March 11, 2014
Antiquities Ministry approves taking samples from Khufu ship for analysis
An informed source from Ministry of Antiquities and the Grand Museum denied on Tuesday news over shelving investigations in the…
UNESCO to renovate bomb-hit Islamic museum
Culture
January 25, 2014
UNESCO to renovate bomb-hit Islamic museum
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has said that the United Nation’s culture body will send experts this week to assess damages…
German researchers apologize for unauthorized entry to pyramids
Culture
December 28, 2013
German researchers apologize for unauthorized entry to pyramids
Two German researchers have apologized for unauthorized entry to Giza pyramids last April, an incident that led Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry…
Sun aligns with Fayoum temple next week
Culture
December 15, 2013
Sun aligns with Fayoum temple next week
Director General of Fayoum Antiquities Ahmed Abdel Aal said that Fayoum will witness next Saturday the astronomical phenomenon of the…
Archaeological sites will be open for free on 6 October: minister
Egypt
October 3, 2013
Archaeological sites will be open for free on 6 October: minister
The Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs announced on Thursday the opening the archaeological sites and museums nationwide free of…