Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
- Egypt Recovers Ramesside Statue
Ahram Online The Antikhenmuseum in Basel, Switzerland will return to Egypt a limestone relief depicting a hunting scene from the daily life of its owner. The relief is dated to the fifth dynasty of the Old Kingdom (c. 2649-2134 BC) and it is 51cm high...
- 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...
- 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...
- Four Items Returned To The Egyptian Museum
Luxor Times With photos showing the state of the objects on their return. Four objects missing from the Egyptian Museum since the January Revolution have been returned, announced Dr. Zahi Hawass, Minister of State for Antiquities. The objects returned...
- 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
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 to any Egyptian citizen for the return or information that leads to the discovery of any of the artefacts that were stolen in the break-ins at the Egyptian museum and other archaeological sites during the chaos of Egypt’s January 25 Revolution.
Zahi Hawass minister of state of the MSAA, said that the cash compensation will range from between LE 500 to 50 thousand ($86 - $8500).
- Egypt Recovers Ramesside Statue
Ahram Online The Antikhenmuseum in Basel, Switzerland will return to Egypt a limestone relief depicting a hunting scene from the daily life of its owner. The relief is dated to the fifth dynasty of the Old Kingdom (c. 2649-2134 BC) and it is 51cm high...
- 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...
- 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...
- Four Items Returned To The Egyptian Museum
Luxor Times With photos showing the state of the objects on their return. Four objects missing from the Egyptian Museum since the January Revolution have been returned, announced Dr. Zahi Hawass, Minister of State for Antiquities. The objects returned...
- 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...