artifacts
Thousands of unregistered antiquities found in museum rest rooms
Egypt
September 26, 2011
Thousands of unregistered antiquities found in museum rest rooms
Azza Farouq, dean of Cairo University’s Faculty of Archaeology, has revealed that 3000 unregistered antiquities were found recently in the…
Gang suspects arrested, 27 artifacts seized
Egypt
September 8, 2011
Gang suspects arrested, 27 artifacts seized
Minya security forces arrested 10 suspected gang members Thursday after uncovering stolen artifacts in one suspect's house. A Ministry of…
International smugglers increasingly target Egypt’s artifacts
Egypt
September 2, 2011
International smugglers increasingly target Egypt’s artifacts
The dismantlement of an international mummy and artifact smuggling ring by US authorities in July raised alarms about the status…
Official: Egyptian museum inventory will not be completed in under 2 years
Archaeology
August 22, 2011
Official: Egyptian museum inventory will not be completed in under 2 years
The Egyptian Museum's inventory committee will not finish its work in less than two years, said Ra’fat al-Nabarawy, a member…
Egypt to restore 19 artifacts from US
Egypt
July 30, 2011
Egypt to restore 19 artifacts from US
Egypt on Tuesday will receive 19 artifacts from a New York City museum that date back to the reign of…
Official: Mubaraks pocketed revenue from artifact exhibits abroad
Egypt
July 27, 2011
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…
More pharaonic artifacts discovered in Lower Egypt
Egypt
June 27, 2011
More pharaonic artifacts discovered in Lower Egypt
Hundreds of ancient relics have been discovered in San al-Hagar city in the Nile Delta, the Antiquities Ministry announced Monday.…
Panel: No artifacts missing from presidential palaces
Egypt
June 19, 2011
Panel: No artifacts missing from presidential palaces
A panel comissioned by the Egyptian government to take stock of artifacts at presidential palaces has said no pieces are…
Former first lady, antiquities minister accused of misappropriating funds from King Tut exhibit
Egypt
June 17, 2011
Former first lady, antiquities minister accused of misappropriating funds from King Tut exhibit
The Public Funds Prosecution is investigating accusations made by Nour Abdel Samad, director of Egypt’s archaeological sites, that former First…
Egypt to retrieve pharaonic painting from Swiss museum
Egypt
May 11, 2011
Egypt to retrieve pharaonic painting from Swiss museum
Egypt has made arrangements with Swiss authorities to return an Egyptian limestone painting currently held at the Antikenmuseum Basel (Basel…