Egypt
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- Protests Against Hawass
Al Masry Al Youm (Ola El-Saket Mohamed Azouz) As Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities minister, traveled to Peru on Sunday to represent Egypt in the second Conference on Retrieving Stolen Artifacts, dozens of people protested outside the Ministry of Defense...
- Eight Artefacts Returned By Switzerland
Egypt State Information Service Egypt will receive on 26/6/2009 eight archaeological artifacts that were smuggled outside the country in 2002, said an expert in a released statement on Thursday 25/6/2009. The antiquities have been stolen from the storehouse...
- Egypt Asks Us To Return 80 Stolen Artifacts
Egypt State Information Service A follow up to the story about the Predynastic vessels from Maadi which were smuggled out of the country by a U.S. pilot. Zahi Hawass is due to meet with U.S. officials to discuss matters further, but it seems extremely...
- Egyptian Delegation To Inspect Stolen Antiquities
Egypt State Information Service The official response by Zahi Hawass and the SCA to the information that stolen artefacts from the important prehistoric site of Maadi (in the Cairo suburbs) have been recovered in the U.S., and a pilot has been arrested...
- The State Of The Museum
This statement from Dr. Zahi Hawass is informative about the possible events relating to the robbery of the Cairo museum and the people who committed the crime. Dr. Hawass also talks about the restoration of damaged objects and the ongoing inventory of...
Egypt
145 Islamic artifacts stolen from AUC
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Egypt`s Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass said on Tuesday that around 145 Islamic artifacts were stolen from the American University in Cairo in March.
He said in a statement that along with the artifacts, 50 other replicas were stolen from a storage house belonging to the University.
Hawass added in his statement that the thefts took place between March 15 and March 17, saying that after an inventory, 145 artifacts and 50 replicas were found to be missing.
- Protests Against Hawass
Al Masry Al Youm (Ola El-Saket Mohamed Azouz) As Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities minister, traveled to Peru on Sunday to represent Egypt in the second Conference on Retrieving Stolen Artifacts, dozens of people protested outside the Ministry of Defense...
- Eight Artefacts Returned By Switzerland
Egypt State Information Service Egypt will receive on 26/6/2009 eight archaeological artifacts that were smuggled outside the country in 2002, said an expert in a released statement on Thursday 25/6/2009. The antiquities have been stolen from the storehouse...
- Egypt Asks Us To Return 80 Stolen Artifacts
Egypt State Information Service A follow up to the story about the Predynastic vessels from Maadi which were smuggled out of the country by a U.S. pilot. Zahi Hawass is due to meet with U.S. officials to discuss matters further, but it seems extremely...
- Egyptian Delegation To Inspect Stolen Antiquities
Egypt State Information Service The official response by Zahi Hawass and the SCA to the information that stolen artefacts from the important prehistoric site of Maadi (in the Cairo suburbs) have been recovered in the U.S., and a pilot has been arrested...
- The State Of The Museum
This statement from Dr. Zahi Hawass is informative about the possible events relating to the robbery of the Cairo museum and the people who committed the crime. Dr. Hawass also talks about the restoration of damaged objects and the ongoing inventory of...