Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref)
- Seventy Egyptian Artefacts Found In Illegal Possession Are Authenticated
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The archaeological committee of the central administration for confiscated antiquities, led by Youssef Khalifa, verified the authenticity of a collection of ancient Egyptian objects that were found in the possession of three...
- Reward For The Return Of Looted Artefacts
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Egyptian antiquities ministry offers LE 500 - 50 thousand ($86 - $8500) for the return of missing artefacts or information that leads to their whereabouts The ministry of state for antiquities affairs (MSAA) offers a reward...
- Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry Releases First Official Replicas
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A state monopoly on 1:1 reproductions? The new Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA) production unit has just fabricated its first batch of replicas. The batch includes 130 replica statues depicting...
- New Egyptian Era, New Complaints Section
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) A new department has been established at the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA) to receive complaints against ministry employees. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s minister of state for antiquities affairs, said that the...
- Unemployed Egyptian Archaeologists Negotiate With State
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A day after the old regime fell to its knees following popular demands for political and economic reform, protesters were seen picketing the Zamalek offices of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA). Many...
Egypt
Palestine handed over to Egypt two objects thougt to be antiquties
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref)
Today, at the premises of the Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs (MASS) in Zamalek, a Palestinian delegation from Gaza strip, led by former Palestinian minister of foreign affairs Mahmoud El-Zahar, hands over to Egypt two objects believed to be authentic ancient Egyptian artefacts.
However, an archaeological committee from the MSAA, led by Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, general supervisor of the minister office, discovered that these objects are replica statues and not genuine pieces.
- Seventy Egyptian Artefacts Found In Illegal Possession Are Authenticated
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The archaeological committee of the central administration for confiscated antiquities, led by Youssef Khalifa, verified the authenticity of a collection of ancient Egyptian objects that were found in the possession of three...
- Reward For The Return Of Looted Artefacts
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Egyptian antiquities ministry offers LE 500 - 50 thousand ($86 - $8500) for the return of missing artefacts or information that leads to their whereabouts The ministry of state for antiquities affairs (MSAA) offers a reward...
- Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry Releases First Official Replicas
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A state monopoly on 1:1 reproductions? The new Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA) production unit has just fabricated its first batch of replicas. The batch includes 130 replica statues depicting...
- New Egyptian Era, New Complaints Section
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) A new department has been established at the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA) to receive complaints against ministry employees. Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s minister of state for antiquities affairs, said that the...
- Unemployed Egyptian Archaeologists Negotiate With State
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A day after the old regime fell to its knees following popular demands for political and economic reform, protesters were seen picketing the Zamalek offices of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs (MSAA). Many...