Egypt
- More On First Stages Of Grand Egyptian Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) From the moment President Hosni Mubarak laid the foundation stone in February 2002 there was no doubting the scale of the ambition. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) was always intended to be an architectural masterpiece,...
- Repatriation: More Re Cairo Conference On Stolen Antiquities
Bikya Masr The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on Wednesday that 30 countries that possess ancient Egyptian monuments and artifacts will participate in a conference next April in Cairo to discuss the restoration and recovery of the artifacts,...
- Egyptian Antiquities In Spain
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/ "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni approved to display Egyptian antiquities at the Arts Centre Museum in the Spanish capital Madrid under the title The Pharaohs. Two similar exhibitions of the Egyptian antiquities...
- Hatshepsut Visits Three Us States
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o090925g.htm"An exhibition for Egyptian artifacts will be staged in three American states as of mid-October for three months under the title Hatshepsut the Queen and Pharaoh. Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said Prime...
- Crossing The Doctor?
Saleh Ahmed manager of the Mit Rahina antiquities zone has found himself with difficulties having landed himself on the wrong side of Dr. Zahi Hawass (his boss) and head of the Supreme council of antiquities when he proposed a different approach to how...
Egypt
Restricted access to Egypt's mummies
http://www.ansamed.info/en/egypt/news/ME03.YAM12531.html
"Only Egyptian archaeologists will have access to ancient Egyptian mummies while the foreigners will be allowed to examine them only in the presence and under the supervision of their Egyptian colleagues, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni told a news conference. Hosni was accompanied at the news conference by Secretary-General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, and Ahmed Saleh, director of the antiquities of 'Mit Rahina' at the Egyptian Museum. The conference focused on the minister's announcement of the return to Egypt of samples of the hair of great pharaoh Ramses II."
- More On First Stages Of Grand Egyptian Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) From the moment President Hosni Mubarak laid the foundation stone in February 2002 there was no doubting the scale of the ambition. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) was always intended to be an architectural masterpiece,...
- Repatriation: More Re Cairo Conference On Stolen Antiquities
Bikya Masr The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on Wednesday that 30 countries that possess ancient Egyptian monuments and artifacts will participate in a conference next April in Cairo to discuss the restoration and recovery of the artifacts,...
- Egyptian Antiquities In Spain
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/ "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni approved to display Egyptian antiquities at the Arts Centre Museum in the Spanish capital Madrid under the title The Pharaohs. Two similar exhibitions of the Egyptian antiquities...
- Hatshepsut Visits Three Us States
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o090925g.htm"An exhibition for Egyptian artifacts will be staged in three American states as of mid-October for three months under the title Hatshepsut the Queen and Pharaoh. Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said Prime...
- Crossing The Doctor?
Saleh Ahmed manager of the Mit Rahina antiquities zone has found himself with difficulties having landed himself on the wrong side of Dr. Zahi Hawass (his boss) and head of the Supreme council of antiquities when he proposed a different approach to how...