Egypt
Egypt State Information Service
An oft-quoted set of statements that the SIS have seen fit to wheel out again this week:
- Tutankhamun Revenues Announced By Hawass
Egypt State Information Service Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas said that the last displaying trip of Tutankhamun hit dlrs 100 million. Hawwas said that the authority's income has increased to reach one billion...
- Exhibition: Asian, American Tour For Egypt's Sunken Antiquities
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni, said on Thursday 3/7/2008 that it has been decided to move the Egyptian sunken antiquities exhibition to take a tour in Japan and the United States. This comes after the great success...
- 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...
- Exhibition: Isis Going To Mexico
State Information Service I suspect that, in spite of the title shown on the SIS post, the exhibition is actually Isis and the Plumed Serpent, which has been opened in Monterrey in July 2007. As Monterrey is actually in Mexico I am also assuming that...
Egypt
70% of Egypt's antiquities not discovered yet
Egypt State Information Service
An oft-quoted set of statements that the SIS have seen fit to wheel out again this week:
Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas said 70 per cent of Egypt's artifacts and monuments have not been discovered yet.
He said the diligent work of up to 200 Egyptian and foreign missions operating in Egypt has led to the discovery of only 30 per cent of the antiquities.
He said the exploration works will move to the northern parts of the country.
"We will cease explorations in Upper Egypt," he said.
Hawwas said the exploratory operations in the region cost one billion Egyptian pounds annually.
"The SCA undertakes such cost thanks to the Egyptian exhibitions abroad that showcase the ancient masterpieces," Hawwas said.
Hopefully this spells good news for Nile Delta projects, big and small. Survey and excavation in the Delta region presents enormous challenges to archaeologists but the rewards, in terms of new data and new insights, are potentially very rich.
- Tutankhamun Revenues Announced By Hawass
Egypt State Information Service Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas said that the last displaying trip of Tutankhamun hit dlrs 100 million. Hawwas said that the authority's income has increased to reach one billion...
- Exhibition: Asian, American Tour For Egypt's Sunken Antiquities
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni, said on Thursday 3/7/2008 that it has been decided to move the Egyptian sunken antiquities exhibition to take a tour in Japan and the United States. This comes after the great success...
- 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...
- Exhibition: Isis Going To Mexico
State Information Service I suspect that, in spite of the title shown on the SIS post, the exhibition is actually Isis and the Plumed Serpent, which has been opened in Monterrey in July 2007. As Monterrey is actually in Mexico I am also assuming that...