Egypt
- 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...
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- More Re Sinai Discoveries
drhawass.com With two photographs. This article seems to make it clear that instead of four separate sites the discovery is one site, a temple, which includes for different hall components - which actually makes rather more sense. Minister of Culture...
- 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...
- More Re Opening Of Arish National Museum
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Egypt
Hawass announces new discoveries
http://tinyurl.com/2xmxtf (sis.gov.eg)
"Chairman of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawwas opens on Wednesday 28/3/2007 the proceedings of the third forum on Islamic and Coptic antiquities at the SCA headquarters in Cairo. Hawwas will announce during the two-day gathering ancient finds discovered by missions in some sites in Qena, the Red Sea, Damietta and Sinai. Archaeologist Hisham el-Leithi, the rapporteur of the forum, said 16 new researches will be shown on the excavation and restoration operations in Islamic and Coptic sites."
See the above site for more details.
- 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...
- Hawass On His First Love
Asharq Alawsat (Zahi Hawass) People have gotten used to us disclosing many of our archaeological discoveries that date back to the Pharaonic age, from tombs to statues to beautiful paintings, not to mention underground crypts containing mummies or treasure...
- More Re Sinai Discoveries
drhawass.com With two photographs. This article seems to make it clear that instead of four separate sites the discovery is one site, a temple, which includes for different hall components - which actually makes rather more sense. Minister of Culture...
- 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...
- More Re Opening Of Arish National Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Five years after building started and many more years since its inception, the temple- shaped, honey-coloured Arish National Museum stood poised last Sunday for its official inauguration by Mrs Suzanne Mubarak. The long-awaited...