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Hurghada airport officials foil attempt to smuggle 18th-century Coptic icon

The antique religious object was seized at Hurghada International airport as a passenger attempted to smuggle it to Germany

Photo exhibition on Belgian-Egyptian relations to be inaugurated Tuesday evening

Under the title “150 years of Belgian Royal Visits to Egypt,” Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany ...

Pharaonic influences on display at Egypt art show

Paintings by top Egyptian artists shared wall space with hieroglyphs and Pharaonic relics at Cairo's Egyptian Museum ...

INTERVIEW: Conservationist May El-Ebrashy wants to help Cairenes 'better appreciate' their complex city

Next month, in the heart of Islamic Cairo, May El-Ebrashy, chair of the Built Environment Collective (BEC), a foundation ...

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Greece to claim 'stolen' antique vases on sale in London

Greece's culture ministry on Thursday said it would seek to reclaim two "stolen" 2,300-year-old antique ...

France to return 8 stolen ancient Egyptian artefacts on Thursday

During Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s visit to France, the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs ...

Abu Simbel temple to be illuminated Sunday by twice-yearly solar alignment

Egypt on Sunday is set to mark the bi-yearly occasion when the sun illuminates the statue of King Ramses II in his temple ...

Attempt to smuggle 19th century antiques to Lebanon foiled by Egyptian authorities

The Badr City Antiquities Unit of Egypt's Customs Authority foiled an attempt Wednesday night to smuggle a collection ...

Free visit to Tutankhamun's tomb, 17 October

To celebrate 200 years since the discovery of the King Seti I tomb, a free visit to King Tutankhamun's tomb will be available to Seti tomb visitors 17 October

Ancient wall markings of wild animals uncovered in South Aswan

Pre-Dynastic wall markings have been uncovered in Subeira Valley near Aswan

A pictorial history of Cairo's Opera House

In 1869, Egypt's first Opera House officially opened during the reign of Khedive Ismail. Designed byItalian architect ...

Menasce Synagogue in Alexandria to be added to Egypt's heritage list

The synagogue in El-Manshia Square was built by Baron Yacoub de Menasce in 1860

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