Egypt
- Seventy Egyptian Artefacts Found In Illegal Possession Are Authenticated
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The archaeological committee of the central administration for confiscated antiquities, led by Youssef Khalifa, verified the authenticity of a collection of ancient Egyptian objects that were found in the possession of three...
- Ministry Of Antiquities Receives 80 Monuments From Belgium
Ahram Online (Nevine Al-Aref) With photos. The story started in April 2010 when Customs at Brussels Airport caught an Egyptian woman trying to smuggle 80 genuine objects concealed inside two large replica Egyptian statues. The objects were confiscated...
- Heritage At What Cost?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Almost two months since he took on Egypt's antiquities portfolio, Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim tells Nevine El-Aref about his plans to develop and preserve Egypt's heritage -- including upping...
- 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...
- Alleged Artifact Thieves Referred For Military Trial
Al Masry Al Youm The Tourism and Antiquities Police referred two suspects accused of stealing artifacts from the Egyptian Museum for military trial, according to an Interior Ministry statement released Monday. The statement said the antiquities police,...
Egypt
6000 artefacts recovered from Israel
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Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said that as many as 6,000 artifacts have been restored from Israel. Ibrahim was responding to inquiries from members of the People's Assembly Culture, Media and Tourism Committee on Monday 20/2/2012.
The Antiquities Ministry is holding negotiations to retrieve a host of artifacts from Belgium, France and the US, he added.
He also said that the Egyptian antiquities which are abroad were out of the country according to the law which allowed the sharing of 50 %of the artifacts discovered between Egypt and foreign exploration missions.
- Seventy Egyptian Artefacts Found In Illegal Possession Are Authenticated
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The archaeological committee of the central administration for confiscated antiquities, led by Youssef Khalifa, verified the authenticity of a collection of ancient Egyptian objects that were found in the possession of three...
- Ministry Of Antiquities Receives 80 Monuments From Belgium
Ahram Online (Nevine Al-Aref) With photos. The story started in April 2010 when Customs at Brussels Airport caught an Egyptian woman trying to smuggle 80 genuine objects concealed inside two large replica Egyptian statues. The objects were confiscated...
- Heritage At What Cost?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Almost two months since he took on Egypt's antiquities portfolio, Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim tells Nevine El-Aref about his plans to develop and preserve Egypt's heritage -- including upping...
- 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...
- Alleged Artifact Thieves Referred For Military Trial
Al Masry Al Youm The Tourism and Antiquities Police referred two suspects accused of stealing artifacts from the Egyptian Museum for military trial, according to an Interior Ministry statement released Monday. The statement said the antiquities police,...