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Antiquities Minister opens exhibition of repatriated artifacts
Egypt
May 8, 2014
Antiquities Minister opens exhibition of repatriated artifacts
Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim is opening on Saturday an exhibition of repatriated artifacts in the Egyptian Museum. The exhibition displays…
Two Russian tourists detained for filming Pyramids area
Archaeology
December 4, 2013
Two Russian tourists detained for filming Pyramids area
Security at the pyramid area found two Russian tourists filming some of the stones scattered in the western side of…
Antiquities Tamarod campaign says it will announce signature-gathering results in 10 days
Egypt
November 6, 2013
Antiquities Tamarod campaign says it will announce signature-gathering results in 10 days
Mohamed Zaki, founder of the Antiquities Tamarod movement, said the movement has resumed collecting signatures to withdraw confidence from Minister…
Abu Simbel solar phenomenon lights up Aswan
Egypt
October 22, 2013
Abu Simbel solar phenomenon lights up Aswan
The dawn sunlight on Tuesday morning lined up to light up the statue of King Ramses II way inside the…
Tourism “getting better every day” despite violence, minister claims
Culture
October 9, 2013
Tourism “getting better every day” despite violence, minister claims
Egypt's antiquities minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, has reassured foreign tourists looking to arrive in Egypt that they are not at risk…
2,000 artifacts stolen since 2011 revolution, minister warns
Egypt
September 26, 2013
2,000 artifacts stolen since 2011 revolution, minister warns
The number of artifacts stolen since the January 2011 revolution has reached around 2,000, Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has revealed,…
Egyptian Museum under guard for Friday, minister says
Egypt
July 25, 2013
Egyptian Museum under guard for Friday, minister says
Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said Thursday that the Egyptian Museum will be under the guard of the armed forces…
Fourteen statues found in Luxor
Archaeology
March 11, 2013
Fourteen statues found in Luxor
Fourteen black granite statues of the goddess Sekhmet were found by a German mission during excavations at the temple of…
Prosecutors refuse request to lift Hawass travel ban
Egypt
January 27, 2013
Prosecutors refuse request to lift Hawass travel ban
The Public Prosecution refused a request by Zahi Hawass, former head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, to lift a…
Two Ptolemaic lion statues found in Fayoum
Egypt
December 3, 2012
Two Ptolemaic lion statues found in Fayoum
An archaeological mission discovered two sandstone statues of kneeling lions from the Ptolemaic erain Fayoum, Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Ali…