Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm (Ola El-Saket)
- The Dissolution Of The Antiquities Ministry
For a general update about the current state of the cabinet reshuffle see Shaden Shehab's report on Al Ahram Weekly. Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) A bold statement from the new head of the SCA. No one has been named to replace the previous and...
- 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...
- Short Survey - Should The Retrieval Of Egyptian Antiquities Be A Government Priority?
Al Masry Al Youm (Heba Helmy) After the theft last month of Van Gogh’s famous "Poppy Flowers" painting--valued at US$55 million--from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum, concerns have arisen about the relative safety of the country’s precious artworks...
- 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
Q&A with Archaeologists Syndicate head Fayza Haikal
Al Masry Al Youm (Ola El-Saket)
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.
- The Dissolution Of The Antiquities Ministry
For a general update about the current state of the cabinet reshuffle see Shaden Shehab's report on Al Ahram Weekly. Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) A bold statement from the new head of the SCA. No one has been named to replace the previous and...
- 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...
- Short Survey - Should The Retrieval Of Egyptian Antiquities Be A Government Priority?
Al Masry Al Youm (Heba Helmy) After the theft last month of Van Gogh’s famous "Poppy Flowers" painting--valued at US$55 million--from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum, concerns have arisen about the relative safety of the country’s precious artworks...
- 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...