Egypt
- Smuggled Artefacts Seized By Us Authorities
Reuters Africa A set of 2,000-year-old sarcophagi and other Egyptian antiquities were smuggled into the United States by a black-market artifacts ring and recovered by U.S. law enforcement agents, officials said on Thursday. Charges unsealed in Brooklyn...
- More Re Farouk Hosni Nomination For Unesco
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosney began yesterday 25/11/2007 in Algeria his nomination campaign for the position of the Secretary-General of the UNESCO. This campaign was attended by 22 culture ministers of the Arab countries....
- Tourism: Jordanian Minister Of Antiquities Meets Egyptian Delegation
Jordan News Agency Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Osama Al Dabbas today met with the Egyptian Tourist delegation, currently on a visit to Jordan to explore the Jordanian experiment in the tourism domain.During the meeting, Dabbas highlighted the...
- Contacts To Restore 2,000 Pieces Of Antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o230825a.htm "Contacts are being held with a number of countries to bring back to Egypt 2,000 artifacts reportedly displayed in 22 halls abroad. Egypt recently received a number of artifacts from some countries including...
- Egyptian Embassy Retrieves Stolen Antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o250225f.htm "The Egyptian Embassy in London yesterday received seven pieces of antiquities that date back to the pre-dynasty era from Bonham after intensive contacts with the British authorities and the auction hall...
Egypt
Egyptian-Jordanian contacts to restore statue
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o220825e.htm
"The Egyptian Embassy in Amman had contacts with the Jordanian authorities to bring back to Egypt a statue dating back to the Pharaonic era. Jordanian Customs authorities seized the statue when a person tried to smuggle it on the Jordanian-Syrian borders. Egypt's ambassador to Jordan Ahmad Rizq, said that contacts with the Jordanian officials were part of an agreement signed by the two countries last January". This is the complete State Information Service news bulletin.
- Smuggled Artefacts Seized By Us Authorities
Reuters Africa A set of 2,000-year-old sarcophagi and other Egyptian antiquities were smuggled into the United States by a black-market artifacts ring and recovered by U.S. law enforcement agents, officials said on Thursday. Charges unsealed in Brooklyn...
- More Re Farouk Hosni Nomination For Unesco
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosney began yesterday 25/11/2007 in Algeria his nomination campaign for the position of the Secretary-General of the UNESCO. This campaign was attended by 22 culture ministers of the Arab countries....
- Tourism: Jordanian Minister Of Antiquities Meets Egyptian Delegation
Jordan News Agency Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Osama Al Dabbas today met with the Egyptian Tourist delegation, currently on a visit to Jordan to explore the Jordanian experiment in the tourism domain.During the meeting, Dabbas highlighted the...
- Contacts To Restore 2,000 Pieces Of Antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o230825a.htm "Contacts are being held with a number of countries to bring back to Egypt 2,000 artifacts reportedly displayed in 22 halls abroad. Egypt recently received a number of artifacts from some countries including...
- Egyptian Embassy Retrieves Stolen Antiquities
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o250225f.htm "The Egyptian Embassy in London yesterday received seven pieces of antiquities that date back to the pre-dynasty era from Bonham after intensive contacts with the British authorities and the auction hall...