Ancient Egypt

Interpol to publish photos of Egyptian artefacts missing post-revolution

Antiquities minister, Hawass tells Ahram Online he doubts artefacts have left Egypt, but after the Interpol meeting today they will post photos internationally

Egypt recovers an authentic Ramesside statue of a priest

Inspection of a red granite statue of a priest and two deities reveals it is authentic

Palestine handed over to Egypt two objects thougt to be antiquties

A delegation from the Gaza strip delivers to Egypt’s minister of state for antiquities objects they believe have been looted from Egypt but prove to be only replicas of ancient Egyptian statues

Looted Egyptian artefact due to return this week from Mexico

A New Kingdom limestone relief that was smuggled into Mexico three years ago is soon to return to Egyptian soil this week

New archaeological sites to be opened

In an effort to promote tourism in Egypt, new archaeological sites and tourist attractions will be inaugurated soon in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan as well as Rashid and Taba

Reward set for ancient Egyptian artefacts looted during Jan 25 Revolution

Egyptian antiquities ministry offers LE 500 - 50 thousand ($86 - $8500) for the return of missing artefacts or information that leads to their whereabouts

Lahoun excavation is shut down

Excavations at the Lahoun archaeological site in Fayoum have been halted due to negligence of the excavators

Egypt’s antiquities ministry releases first official replicas

If any Egyptology enthusiast ever wanted an official, to-scale replica, the Egyptian ministry of antiquities affairs opened a production unit which sold LE2m worth of replicas to hotels in Sharm El-Sheikh

Madinet Madi now on the Egypt tourism map

The second phase of Madinet Madi development project in Fayoum will be inaugurated Sunday

Old Kingdom relief first artefact repatriated to Egypt after revolution

A fifth dynasty limestone relief of a hunting scene is to be returned to Egypt from the Antikhenmuseum in Basel, Switzerland

Statue of King Tutankhamun's great grandfather discovered

A 13 metre tall statue of the 18th dynasty King Amenhotep III is unearthed on Luxor’s west bank

Hawass convicted in criminal court but still holds Egypt's antiquities portfolio

Ahram Online gets the story from the antiquities ministry: Hawass appeals criminal court decision, which deposes him as antiquities minister for brouhaha over rental of museum bookstore

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Resistance to UNESCO visit to Egypt to save artefacts

A UNESCO delegate is set to visit Egypt to help recuperate looted ancient artefacts post-revolution, but there is no Egyptian antiquities minister, and to boot the delegate faces scepticism of 'antiquities colonisation'

UNESCO delegation to visit Egypt next week

Following recent looting attempts on several archaeological sites, a UNESCO delegation is to tour Egypt to check the status of its world heritage stock

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