Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm (Ola El-Saket Mohamed Azouz)
- 68 Artefacts Seized In Minya
Egypt Independent (Saeed Nafea) The antiquities and tourism police in Minya, Upper Egypt, seized 68 artifacts from the Greek and Roman eras from a shop owner’s house Monday . A report was made of the incident and the defendant was referred...
- No Artifacts Missing From Presidential Palaces
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) A panel comissioned by the Egyptian government to take stock of artifacts at presidential palaces has said no pieces are missing. Late in May, Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass ordered the formation of a panel to record...
- Stolen Bronze Relics Returned To Egyptian Museum
Ahram Online With photos. the four retrieved bronze statues Osiris as a child Today the tourism and antiquities police succeeded in retrieving four ancient Egyptian artefacts, two of which were reported missing...
- Protests Turn Against Minister Hawass
Bikya Masr Egypt’s Zahi Hawass, the man who has become synonymous with Egyptology, known for his cowboy had wearing, has sparked the ire of Egyptians in recent days, with protests chanting for him to step down from his post atop the country’s Supreme...
- Repatriation: Egypt And Others
Monsters and Critics (Shabtai Gold) Egypt's antiquities chief announced plans on Wednesday for a conference to help coordinate the strategy of African and Asian countries who had artifacts 'stolen' from them. 'At the end of March we will...
Egypt
Protests against Hawass
Al Masry Al Youm (Ola El-Saket Mohamed Azouz)
As Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities minister, traveled to Peru on Sunday to represent Egypt in the second Conference on Retrieving Stolen Artifacts, dozens of people protested outside the Ministry of Defense demanding his removal from office.
The calls for his resignation stem from a number of complaints against him, included claims of irregularites regarding antique artifacts stolen during the Egyptian uprising earlier this year.
"Zahi never provided official documents on what remains missing from the Egyptian Museum,” says Nasser Ibrahim, an employee at the ministry’s restoration department.
- 68 Artefacts Seized In Minya
Egypt Independent (Saeed Nafea) The antiquities and tourism police in Minya, Upper Egypt, seized 68 artifacts from the Greek and Roman eras from a shop owner’s house Monday . A report was made of the incident and the defendant was referred...
- No Artifacts Missing From Presidential Palaces
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) A panel comissioned by the Egyptian government to take stock of artifacts at presidential palaces has said no pieces are missing. Late in May, Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass ordered the formation of a panel to record...
- Stolen Bronze Relics Returned To Egyptian Museum
Ahram Online With photos. the four retrieved bronze statues Osiris as a child Today the tourism and antiquities police succeeded in retrieving four ancient Egyptian artefacts, two of which were reported missing...
- Protests Turn Against Minister Hawass
Bikya Masr Egypt’s Zahi Hawass, the man who has become synonymous with Egyptology, known for his cowboy had wearing, has sparked the ire of Egyptians in recent days, with protests chanting for him to step down from his post atop the country’s Supreme...
- Repatriation: Egypt And Others
Monsters and Critics (Shabtai Gold) Egypt's antiquities chief announced plans on Wednesday for a conference to help coordinate the strategy of African and Asian countries who had artifacts 'stolen' from them. 'At the end of March we will...