antiquities

Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry launches online series on underwater antiquities
Archaeology

Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry launches online series on underwater antiquities

Head of the Central Department of Underwater Antiquities Ehab Fahmy announced the launch of a series titled “Antiquities and Information,”…
Zahi Hawass refutes former Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa’s Prophet Idris theory
Archaeology

Zahi Hawass refutes former Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa’s Prophet Idris theory

Egyptologist and former Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass criticized a statement by Egypt’s former Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa claiming that Prophet…
Photos: Authorities foil attempt to smuggle Egyptian artifacts among replicas
Archaeology

Photos: Authorities foil attempt to smuggle Egyptian artifacts among replicas

Customs authorities working with the central administration of ports and archaeological units have successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle out…
Dendera Temple to open after restoration work
Archaeology

Dendera Temple to open after restoration work

Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani will inaugurate the Dendera Temple in Qena governorate following the completion of renovation work…
83 ancient graves discovered in Egypt’s Daqahliya Governorate
Archaeology

83 ancient graves discovered in Egypt’s Daqahliya Governorate

The Egyptian archaeological mission, which is affiliated with the government’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, has announced the discovery of 83…
Police foil attempt to rob unlisted Saqqara antiquities store with 12 mummies
Archaeology

Police foil attempt to rob unlisted Saqqara antiquities store with 12 mummies

Egyptian Interior Ministry agencies foiled an attempt to rob an antiquities store in the Saqqara archaeological area, after investigations uncovered…
Churches restored along path following Holy Family’s journey across Egypt: Minister
Egypt

Churches restored along path following Holy Family’s journey across Egypt: Minister

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that a number of sites, churches and monasteries along the path following the…
Over 1,000 ancient relics recovered from Syrian museum
Archaeology

Over 1,000 ancient relics recovered from Syrian museum

BEIRUT (AP) — More than 1,000 ancient relics and mosaics were saved from Islamic State group militants when staff at…
Antiquities minister tours new museum in Administrative Capital
Egypt

Antiquities minister tours new museum in Administrative Capital

Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anany on Sunday paid a visit to the Museum of Antiquities in the City of…
Partial collapse of Saint Fana Monastery’s wall kills 3, injures 4
Egypt

Partial collapse of Saint Fana Monastery’s wall kills 3, injures 4

Three people were killed and four others injured after a wall collapsed in the Monastery of Saint Fana, southwest of…
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