Egypt
Ahram Online
- Antiquities Ministry Replaces Deposed Supervisor Of The Grand Egyptian Museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El aref) After protests removed the previous supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Amin appointed Egyptologist Hussein Abdel Bassir to the post. Abdel Bassir...
- Pm Finally Appoints New Chief For Sca
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has resolved a crisis at the Supreme Council of Antiquities by appointing Mohamed Abdel Fattah as secretary general. The council was temporarily headed by Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, who had...
- Egypt Antiquities Gets New Chief
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following two months of the cancelation of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf appointed Mohamed Abdel Fatah the new Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). ...
- Accusation Against Minister Of Antiquities Referred To Prosecutor-general
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Zahi Hawass, minister of antiquities, has sent a report to the Prosecutor-General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud after allegations were published against him in Al-Wafd newspaper. He has been accused of smuggling Egypt’s antiquities...
- The Museum Of Islamic Art
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) If anyone were to ever ask me the question, "What is the most difficult project that you have had to work on as the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities?" I would have to answer, "The Islamic Museum."...
Egypt
Timor Pasha's sword on display
Ahram Online
Following recent articles published in Al-Ahram newspaper concerning some of the Museum of Islamic Art's collection, especially the sword and dagger of Timor Pasha, the Minister of State for Antiquities has decided to put both objects on display.
Secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud explained that such a decision will curb any misleading published information. He also invited all the media as well as well-known writer Farouk Goweida to visit the museum and admire the sword and dagger.
- Antiquities Ministry Replaces Deposed Supervisor Of The Grand Egyptian Museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El aref) After protests removed the previous supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Amin appointed Egyptologist Hussein Abdel Bassir to the post. Abdel Bassir...
- Pm Finally Appoints New Chief For Sca
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has resolved a crisis at the Supreme Council of Antiquities by appointing Mohamed Abdel Fattah as secretary general. The council was temporarily headed by Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, who had...
- Egypt Antiquities Gets New Chief
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following two months of the cancelation of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf appointed Mohamed Abdel Fatah the new Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). ...
- Accusation Against Minister Of Antiquities Referred To Prosecutor-general
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Zahi Hawass, minister of antiquities, has sent a report to the Prosecutor-General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud after allegations were published against him in Al-Wafd newspaper. He has been accused of smuggling Egypt’s antiquities...
- The Museum Of Islamic Art
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) If anyone were to ever ask me the question, "What is the most difficult project that you have had to work on as the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities?" I would have to answer, "The Islamic Museum."...