coffin
Egypt retrieves a 2,300-year-old sarcophagus from the United States
Egypt
January 3, 2023
Egypt retrieves a 2,300-year-old sarcophagus from the United States
The Egyptian authorities announced, at a ceremony held in Cairo, on Monday, the recovery of a 500-kilogram coffin lid from…
‘Back to me in a coffin’ – bodies of migrants drowned in Channel reach Iraq
Middle East
December 27, 2021
‘Back to me in a coffin’ – bodies of migrants drowned in Channel reach Iraq
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, Dec 26 (Reuters) – At least 16 bodies of Iraqi Kurdish migrants who drowned in November when their…
Ministry of Antiquities starts restoration of King Tutankhamun’s coffin
Egypt
July 17, 2019
Ministry of Antiquities starts restoration of King Tutankhamun’s coffin
Egypt’s ministry of Antiquities started on Wednesday the restoration of the golden coffin of King Tutankhamun, following the ministry’s transfer…
Metropolitan Museum to return stolen artifact to Egypt
Archaeology
February 18, 2019
Metropolitan Museum to return stolen artifact to Egypt
The Metropolitan Museum in New York’s executive director, Daniel Weiss apologized in a statement to Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities Khaled…
Greco-Roman mummy discovered in Fayoum
Archaeology
November 14, 2017
Greco-Roman mummy discovered in Fayoum
An Egyptian-Russian archaeological mission operating in the Deir al-Banat area in Qalmasha village of Fayoum Governorate discovered on Tuesday a…
Egyptian Museum to restore hundreds of wooden Pharaonic coffins
Archaeology
January 18, 2017
Egyptian Museum to restore hundreds of wooden Pharaonic coffins
The Egyptian Museum launched the Coffin Conservation Project on Tuesday, in cooperation with the US embassy in Cairo, to document and…