Egypt
- From Egyptian Museum To 'torture Chamber'
Al Masry Al Youm (Ali Abdel Mohsen) This is an article about allegations that the military used the museum for interrogating and possibly torturing people they arrested in Tahrir Square during the revolution but there are also sections discussing the...
- Breaking News - Zahi Hawass Reappointed As Minister Of Antiquities?
Al Masry Al Youm Dated today, there is an article on Al Masry Al Youm which says that Egypt's interim Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has appointed Zahi Hawass to the position of head of the new Ministry of Antiquities. I have not seen this confirmed...
- Archaeologists Threaten Strike Over Unfilled Ministry Position
Al Masry Al Youm Egyptian archaeologists threatened to organize a strike and sit-in on Sunday if a ministry official is not immediately appointed to take charge of archeology-related affairs. The threat came in light of the repeated thefts and lootings...
- The Third Annual Feast Of Archaeologists
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) When I first became Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, I had the idea that there should be a special occasion each year to celebrate Egyptian archaeologists and their work. It took me two years to settle...
- More Re Discovery Of Sinai Fortress
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) A good summary of the recent discoveries in Sinai of a vast fortress on the Horus Way: Archaeologists have uncovered more remnants from Tharu, the largest known fortified city in ancient Egypt, which sits near the...
Egypt
Interview with Archaeologists Syndicate head Fayza Haikal
Egypt Independent
After years of rejection by the Mubarak regime on the grounds that Egyptian antiquities are an issue of “national sovereignty,” the first Egyptian Archaeologists Syndicate was launched last week; and Fayza Haikal, Egyptology professor at The American University in Cairo, was chosen as its head.
On this occasion, Al-Masry Al-Youm talks to Haikal about the challenges the nascent syndicate is facing, from charges of corruption and antiquity theft against government officials - both before and after the protests erupted - to improving the work conditions of archaeologists and objections to the way Haikal was appointed.
- From Egyptian Museum To 'torture Chamber'
Al Masry Al Youm (Ali Abdel Mohsen) This is an article about allegations that the military used the museum for interrogating and possibly torturing people they arrested in Tahrir Square during the revolution but there are also sections discussing the...
- Breaking News - Zahi Hawass Reappointed As Minister Of Antiquities?
Al Masry Al Youm Dated today, there is an article on Al Masry Al Youm which says that Egypt's interim Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has appointed Zahi Hawass to the position of head of the new Ministry of Antiquities. I have not seen this confirmed...
- Archaeologists Threaten Strike Over Unfilled Ministry Position
Al Masry Al Youm Egyptian archaeologists threatened to organize a strike and sit-in on Sunday if a ministry official is not immediately appointed to take charge of archeology-related affairs. The threat came in light of the repeated thefts and lootings...
- The Third Annual Feast Of Archaeologists
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) When I first became Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, I had the idea that there should be a special occasion each year to celebrate Egyptian archaeologists and their work. It took me two years to settle...
- More Re Discovery Of Sinai Fortress
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) A good summary of the recent discoveries in Sinai of a vast fortress on the Horus Way: Archaeologists have uncovered more remnants from Tharu, the largest known fortified city in ancient Egypt, which sits near the...