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Photos: Authorities prevent smuggling of 34 antique Egyptian coins
Egypt

Photos: Authorities prevent smuggling of 34 antique Egyptian coins

The Archaeological Units Center at Cairo International Airport working alongside the Customs Department at Terminal 2 successfully prevented the smuggling…
Iraq gets back looted ancient artifacts from US, others
Middle East

Iraq gets back looted ancient artifacts from US, others

BAGHDAD (AP) — Over 17,000 looted ancient artifacts recovered from the United States and other countries were handed over to…
Photos: Tourism Ministry restores Karnak’s Great Hypostyle Hall ahead of Rams Road opening
Archaeology

Photos: Tourism Ministry restores Karnak’s Great Hypostyle Hall ahead of Rams Road opening

An expert team from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is working restore Karnak temple’s Great Hypostyle Hall, ahead of…
King Khufu’s First Boat to be transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
Archaeology

King Khufu’s First Boat to be transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum

The world’s longest and most modern Belgian-made trailer truck will transport King Khufu’s first sun boat from south of the…
Photos: Remains of a Greco-Roman pottery workshop uncovered in Egypt
Archaeology

Photos: Remains of a Greco-Roman pottery workshop uncovered in Egypt

The Egyptian archaeological mission working in the area of Tel Kom Aziza in the Beheira governorate has discovered the remains…
Egypt gears up for grand parade to celebrate Luxor’s Pharaonic Kebash Road restoration
Archaeology

Egypt gears up for grand parade to celebrate Luxor’s Pharaonic Kebash Road restoration

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly inspected a project that is restoring the Pharaonic Kebash (Rams) Road, which links the…
Three arrested over smuggling Egyptian antiquities to France
Archaeology

Three arrested over smuggling Egyptian antiquities to France

Egypt’s Public Prosecution on Sunday announced that police forces have arrested two Egyptians and a French citizen over charges of…
Man, his mother-in-law die while illegally excavating antiquities at Giza pyramids
Egypt

Man, his mother-in-law die while illegally excavating antiquities at Giza pyramids

The Criminal Investigation Department of the Giza Security Directorate in Egypt have revealed the details surrounding the deaths of a…
Egypt’s ‘Kings of the Sun’ exhibition in Prague sells out
Archaeology

Egypt’s ‘Kings of the Sun’ exhibition in Prague sells out

Since its reopening in May, tickets for the “Kings of the Sun” exhibit in Prague’s National Museum have completely sold…
Zahi Hawass meets with Saudi officials to discuss excavations at Ramses III site in KSA
Archaeology

Zahi Hawass meets with Saudi officials to discuss excavations at Ramses III site in KSA

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass met with the head of the Heritage Authority of the Saudi Ministry of Culture, Jasir al-Herbish,…
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