Egypt
See the above page for more, including a photograph of one of the vessels.
- Islamic Museum Opens
Google / AFP The Egyptian capital's Museum of Islamic Art -- the world's largest -- was officially reopened by President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday after an eight-year restoration project. However the public will still have to wait another two...
- 5,000-year-old Cemetery Found In S Egypt
Xinhuanet An Egyptian archeological mission has unearthed a 5,000-year-old royal burial ground in southern Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported on Saturday. The cemetery was discovered in Umm el-Ga'ab area, south of the historical city...
- 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...
- Egypt Response To German Refusal To Loan Nefertiti Bust
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/16/eng20070416_366754.html"Egypt Sunday said it will never hold any antiquity exhibition in Germany in the future unless Germany temporarily returns the bust of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, the official news agency...
- Cultural Cooperation Between Egypt And Hong Kong
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o250925b.htm "Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni meets at his office Sunday with Hong Kong Culture Minister who arrived in Cairo Saturday leading a high-level cultural delegation on a week-long visit to Egypt. The meeting...
Egypt
Illicitly removed artefacts returned to Egypt on Saturday
Mathaba
Egyptian Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said a stolen 4,500-year-old Egyptian relic that was to be included in a New York Christie's auction last year had come back home on Saturday, the official MENA news agency reported Sunday.
See the above page for more, including a photograph of one of the vessels.
- Islamic Museum Opens
Google / AFP The Egyptian capital's Museum of Islamic Art -- the world's largest -- was officially reopened by President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday after an eight-year restoration project. However the public will still have to wait another two...
- 5,000-year-old Cemetery Found In S Egypt
Xinhuanet An Egyptian archeological mission has unearthed a 5,000-year-old royal burial ground in southern Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported on Saturday. The cemetery was discovered in Umm el-Ga'ab area, south of the historical city...
- 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...
- Egypt Response To German Refusal To Loan Nefertiti Bust
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/16/eng20070416_366754.html"Egypt Sunday said it will never hold any antiquity exhibition in Germany in the future unless Germany temporarily returns the bust of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, the official news agency...
- Cultural Cooperation Between Egypt And Hong Kong
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o250925b.htm "Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni meets at his office Sunday with Hong Kong Culture Minister who arrived in Cairo Saturday leading a high-level cultural delegation on a week-long visit to Egypt. The meeting...