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A crowd of elders while receiving their pensions in el-Hadara, Alexandria. July 10, 2010. Crowds and clashes among pensioners occasionally take place in front of the office, due to lack of employees at the office.
Authorities foil Nasser artifacts smugglers
Al-Masry Al-Youm 28 Mar 2013
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim announced Thursday that a special ministry unit had foiled an attempt to smuggle...
The Antiquities Ministry receives a Roman bust bought by a Brazilian tourist in 1976 and returned to Egypt in the man's will.
Egypt retrieves ancient bust from Brazil
Al-Masry Al-Youm 13 Feb 2013
An ancient Roman bust purchased by a Brazilian tourist in 1976 has returned to Egypt Antiquities Minister Mohamed...
Trade and smuggling of Pharaonic antiquities in Egypt
Police recover 42 stolen artifacts
MENA 13 Nov 2012
Tourism and monuments police restored 42 artifacts that date back to the Pharaonic and Islamic eras. The artifacts were...
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 12, 2011 file photo, a wooden statue of Tutankhamun, right, the gilded bronze and wooden trumpet of Tutankhamun and a part of Tutankhamun's fan, left, three of four objects that were missing and returned, are displayed during a news conference in the office of Egypt's Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass, in Cairo. Taking advantage of Egypt's political upheaval, thieves have gone on a treasure hunt with a spree of illegal digging, preying on the country's ancient pharaonic heritage.
Stolen artifacts recovered
Al-Masry Al-Youm 08 Nov 2012
Security services seized on Thursday stolen artifacts in Cairo, Giza and Sharqiya. 

Four people are suspected of...
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 12, 2011 file photo, a wooden statue of Tutankhamun, right, the gilded bronze and wooden trumpet of Tutankhamun and a part of Tutankhamun's fan, left, three of four objects that were missing and returned, are displayed during a news conference in the office of Egypt's Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass, in Cairo. Taking advantage of Egypt's political upheaval, thieves have gone on a treasure hunt with a spree of illegal digging, preying on the country's ancient pharaonic heritage.
Police seize 181 artifacts in smuggling attempt
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Sep 2012
Police stopped more than 100 Islamic and pharaonic artifacts from leaving the country Thursday after receiving a tip...
المومياء الفرعونية داخل التابوت
Egypt recovers two artifacts from Israel
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Aug 2012
Antiquities officials recovered two wooden artifacts from Israel that had been plucked out two ancient caskets dating...
Arm of a wooden Pharaonic statue, one the artifacts recovered by the Supreme Council of Antiquities from the National Bank of Egypt, Cairo, 21 November, 2010. The Supreme Council of Antiquities received two hundred artifacts from the National Bank of Egypt that have now  been placed in the Egyptian Museum. The artifacts belonged to a number of foreign collectors and traders of antiquities and artifacts that lived in Egypt. The artifacts were kept in  private vaults at the National Bank of Egypt in Cairo until their transfer to the Supreme Council of Antiquities was decided in accordance to the Egyptian Law on the Protection of Antiquities.
Belgium returns 80 smuggled artifacts to Egypt
MENA 06 May 2012
The Antiquities Ministry will receive on Monday 80 artifacts that were recently smuggled to Belgium, Minister of...
Arm of a wooden Pharaonic statue, one the artifacts recovered by the Supreme Council of Antiquities from the National Bank of Egypt, Cairo, 21 November, 2010. The Supreme Council of Antiquities received two hundred artifacts from the National Bank of Egypt that have now  been placed in the Egyptian Museum. The artifacts belonged to a number of foreign collectors and traders of antiquities and artifacts that lived in Egypt. The artifacts were kept in  private vaults at the National Bank of Egypt in Cairo until their transfer to the Supreme Council of Antiquities was decided in accordance to the Egyptian Law on the Protection of Antiquities.
Belgium to return 80 smuggled artifacts to Egypt
Al-Masry Al-Youm 01 Apr 2012
A court ruling in Belgium has decided that Egypt is the rightful owner of 80 Egyptian artifacts seized in Brussels...
Egypt inks deal with Turkey to restore religious artifacts
Al-Masry Al-Youm 26 Mar 2012
Egypt and Turkey signed an agreement on Monday in which Turkey will renovate religious artifacts in Cairo and...
Temple of Karnak which is considered one of the most important Pharaonic monuments
In Qena, 10 killed while attempting at-home excavation
Al-Masry Al-Youm 12 Mar 2012
Ten people were killed and another two injured while they were tunneling inside a Qena farmer’s house during a...