Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Hopefully further information will emerge to clarify the situation.
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Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) An archaeological committee from the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) embarked today on an inspection tour at the El-Hibeh archaeological site in Beni Suef, as well as other sites that were subjected to looting after...
- Illegal Digging At Beheira
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Today the Delta city of Beheira woke to the roar of bulldozers and trucks digging 35 feddans of Al-Qalaya archaeological site. The Antiquities and Tourism Police went to the site and surrounded it in order to stop those digging...
- Artefacts Discovered In North Egypt's San El-hagar
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) French archaeologists in San El-Hagar have discovered hundreds of colored and inscribed limestone blocks, which they believe were used to build the sacred lake walls of a temple dedicated to the goddess Mut. The limestone blocks...
- Lahun To Be Upgraded
The Egyptian Gazette (Hassan Saadallah) The Government has agreed to launch an urgent plan for upgrading the historic site of el-Lahun near Fayoum, about 60km south of Cairo, home to Pharaonic treasures, Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass said. He...
- Inventory Of Artefacts In Cairo University Museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) An archaeological committee from the ministry of state for antiquities (MSA) embarked today on an inspection tour of the collection of the faculty of archaeology museum, Cairo University, which was robbed a month ago. Zahi...
Egypt
Lahun excavation is shut down
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Hopefully further information will emerge to clarify the situation.
Excavations at the Lahoun archaeological site in Fayoum have been halted due to negligence of the excavators
The Permanent Committee of Egyptian Antiquities decided today to stop all excavation works being carried out by the Egyptian mission at Lahoun archaeological site in Fayoum.
The committee has also approved the decision taken by the archaeological mission which was sent in early March to inspect excavation works being carried out in Lahoun and the artefacts discovered there.
The archaeological mission was sent at the request of Zahi Hawass, who was then minister of state for antiquities affairs, and found that the site was subject to deterioration.
- Archaeological Committee To Inspect The Looted El-hibeh Site
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) An archaeological committee from the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) embarked today on an inspection tour at the El-Hibeh archaeological site in Beni Suef, as well as other sites that were subjected to looting after...
- Illegal Digging At Beheira
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Today the Delta city of Beheira woke to the roar of bulldozers and trucks digging 35 feddans of Al-Qalaya archaeological site. The Antiquities and Tourism Police went to the site and surrounded it in order to stop those digging...
- Artefacts Discovered In North Egypt's San El-hagar
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) French archaeologists in San El-Hagar have discovered hundreds of colored and inscribed limestone blocks, which they believe were used to build the sacred lake walls of a temple dedicated to the goddess Mut. The limestone blocks...
- Lahun To Be Upgraded
The Egyptian Gazette (Hassan Saadallah) The Government has agreed to launch an urgent plan for upgrading the historic site of el-Lahun near Fayoum, about 60km south of Cairo, home to Pharaonic treasures, Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass said. He...
- Inventory Of Artefacts In Cairo University Museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) An archaeological committee from the ministry of state for antiquities (MSA) embarked today on an inspection tour of the collection of the faculty of archaeology museum, Cairo University, which was robbed a month ago. Zahi...