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Antiquities Ministry demands halt of building construction in Alexandria
Archaeology

Antiquities Ministry demands halt of building construction in Alexandria

The Antiquities Ministry requested that drilling next to Alexandria’s Greco-Roman museum be stopped. Construction is taking place on a governorate…
Hawass denies smuggling antiquities
Egypt

Hawass denies smuggling antiquities

Former Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass on Tuesday asked the Public Funds Prosecution to adjourn investigating him on charges of smuggling…
Egypt’s museums: What visitors expect of the ‘GEM,’ Part II
Archaeology

Egypt’s museums: What visitors expect of the ‘GEM,’ Part II

On a Sunday afternoon, the garden of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square is quiet. The only people on the…
Minister requests return of NDP headquarters site to Egyptian Museum
Egypt

Minister requests return of NDP headquarters site to Egyptian Museum

The antiquities minister has asked Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri to intervene to assign custodianship of the land plot where the…
Minister: 2% of artifacts stolen during security vacuum
Archaeology

Minister: 2% of artifacts stolen during security vacuum

Two percent of historical artifacts held in government storehouses were stolen during the period of lax security that followed the…
Official: Mubaraks pocketed revenue from artifact exhibits abroad
Egypt

Official: Mubaraks pocketed revenue from artifact exhibits abroad

Since 2002, revenue from overseas exhibitions of rare artifacts has gone to the family of toppled President Hosni Mubarak, an…
Antiquities council rejects new antiquities minister
Archaeology

Antiquities council rejects new antiquities minister

The Supreme Council of Antiquities secretariat rejected the appointment of Abdel Fattah al-Banna as antiquities minister. The appointment was part…
Hawass demands palaces fall under control of Antiquities Ministry
Egypt

Hawass demands palaces fall under control of Antiquities Ministry

Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass on Monday demanded that all presidential palaces in Egypt fall under control…
Military arrests 6 men for illegally excavating artifacts
Egypt

Military arrests 6 men for illegally excavating artifacts

Armed Forces personnel arrested two students and four workers on Sunday for excavating artifacts west of Cairo in 6th of…
Antiquities Ministry to create revolution exhibition
Egypt

Antiquities Ministry to create revolution exhibition

The Antiquities Ministry plans to hold an exhibition about the 25 January revolution that will open in Cairo and tour…
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