Egypt
Egypt State Information Service
- Al Ahly Bank Returns 200 Egyptian Objects
drhawass.com With two photographs. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny, announced that the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) received 200 artifacts from Al-Ahly National Bank yesterday and have stored them in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo for restoration...
- Press Release: Faiyum Discoveries
drhawass.com Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced today that an Egyptian mission has discovered that an area to the north of Lake Qarun in the Faiyum region is rich in archaeological and paleontological remains dating back as far as 40 million...
- Mummies From Graeco Roman Period In Fayyoum
Egypt State Information Service The Egyptian antiquities mission has discovered several well preserved mummies covered with cartonage in Fayyoum that date back to the Greco-Roman period. One of the caskets contained a badly decayed mummy with a golden...
- Project To Save Remaining Of Alexandria Old Lighthouse
State Information Service Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni agreed to form a joint Egyptian-French mission for rescuing the remaining of Alexandria old lighthouse. The old lighthouse was drawn in the north area near Alexandria Eastern port. Dr. Zahi Hawas,...
- Egyptian Sunken Monuments On Eu Tour
http://tinyurl.com/hhsrb (Egypt State Information Service) "Egyptian sunken monuments recently retrieved will tour a number of European cities according to an agreement signed between the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the European Institute...
Egypt
Graeco-roman artifacts salvaged in Abu Qir
Egypt State Information Service
Ninety-nine Sunken pieces of antiquities were salvaged by the European marine archeological institute mission in association with the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) in the areas of Eastern Port and Heracleum in Abu Qir.
Zahi Hawas, the SCA Secretary-General, said the salvaged pieces include four gold coins that date back to the Islamic era and 12 bronze coins from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.
The Eastern Part area, which is home to the Royal neighborhood in the Greco-Roman time, is still teeming with artifacts that should be spotted and discovered.
- Al Ahly Bank Returns 200 Egyptian Objects
drhawass.com With two photographs. Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosny, announced that the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) received 200 artifacts from Al-Ahly National Bank yesterday and have stored them in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo for restoration...
- Press Release: Faiyum Discoveries
drhawass.com Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced today that an Egyptian mission has discovered that an area to the north of Lake Qarun in the Faiyum region is rich in archaeological and paleontological remains dating back as far as 40 million...
- Mummies From Graeco Roman Period In Fayyoum
Egypt State Information Service The Egyptian antiquities mission has discovered several well preserved mummies covered with cartonage in Fayyoum that date back to the Greco-Roman period. One of the caskets contained a badly decayed mummy with a golden...
- Project To Save Remaining Of Alexandria Old Lighthouse
State Information Service Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni agreed to form a joint Egyptian-French mission for rescuing the remaining of Alexandria old lighthouse. The old lighthouse was drawn in the north area near Alexandria Eastern port. Dr. Zahi Hawas,...
- Egyptian Sunken Monuments On Eu Tour
http://tinyurl.com/hhsrb (Egypt State Information Service) "Egyptian sunken monuments recently retrieved will tour a number of European cities according to an agreement signed between the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the European Institute...