Egypt
Authorities have arrested a 50 year old man as he attempted to smuggle ancient artifacts out of Egypt. The artifacts are said to be ancient Egyptian and Islamic and if determined to be authentic they will be sent to the Cairo museum.
- More Re Ramesses Iii Inscription In Saudi
LA Times Saudi archaeologists recently discovered the first royal pharaonic inscription on a mountain face near the ancient oasis city of Tayma, evidence, experts say, of the major trade networks that criss-crossed the region thousands of years ago. The...
- Alleged Egyptian Antiquities Smuggler Apprehended
Monsters and Critics A Lebanese antiquities dealer was arrested in Bulgaria after being charged with smuggling stolen ancient Egyptian artifacts, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said on Thursday. 'Ali Abu Taam was accused of smuggling...
- Restored Artifacts To Be Put In Egyptian Museum
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosni has decided to put recently restored stolen antiquities from the United States at the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo. Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr Zahi Hawwas said that...
- 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...
- Artifacts Resurface 35 Years Later
In the mid 1970's archaeologists working on behalf of Tel Aviv University at a site in the Sinai called Kuntillet Ajrud excavated a number of artifacts, artifacts which were presented to Egypt and never seen again. Recently as a result of the revolution...
Egypt
Artifacts Siezed
Authorities have arrested a 50 year old man as he attempted to smuggle ancient artifacts out of Egypt. The artifacts are said to be ancient Egyptian and Islamic and if determined to be authentic they will be sent to the Cairo museum.
- More Re Ramesses Iii Inscription In Saudi
LA Times Saudi archaeologists recently discovered the first royal pharaonic inscription on a mountain face near the ancient oasis city of Tayma, evidence, experts say, of the major trade networks that criss-crossed the region thousands of years ago. The...
- Alleged Egyptian Antiquities Smuggler Apprehended
Monsters and Critics A Lebanese antiquities dealer was arrested in Bulgaria after being charged with smuggling stolen ancient Egyptian artifacts, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said on Thursday. 'Ali Abu Taam was accused of smuggling...
- Restored Artifacts To Be Put In Egyptian Museum
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosni has decided to put recently restored stolen antiquities from the United States at the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo. Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr Zahi Hawwas said that...
- 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...
- Artifacts Resurface 35 Years Later
In the mid 1970's archaeologists working on behalf of Tel Aviv University at a site in the Sinai called Kuntillet Ajrud excavated a number of artifacts, artifacts which were presented to Egypt and never seen again. Recently as a result of the revolution...