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Temple of Karnak which is considered one of the most important Pharaonic monuments
Fourteen statues found in Luxor
Egypt Independent 11 Mar 2013
Fourteen black granite statues of the goddess Sekhmet were found by a German mission during excavations at the temple...
Egyptian State Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass speaks to the press during an event annoucning the first step in unearthing the second
Prosecutors refuse request to lift Hawass travel ban
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Jan 2013
The Public Prosecution refused a request by Zahi Hawass, former head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, to lift a...
Fayoum
Two Ptolemaic lion statues found in Fayoum
Egypt Independent 03 Dec 2012
An archaeological mission discovered two sandstone statues of kneeling lions from the Ptolemaic erain Fayoum,...
مجموعة من المكاييل الأثرية التي تُستخدم في عمليات الوزن، و هي جزء من القطع الأثرية التي استعادها المجلس الأعلى للأثار من البنك الأهلي، القاهرة، 21نوفمبر 2010. تسلم المجلس الأعلى للآثار مائتى قطعة أثرية من البنك الأهلى المصرى وتم إيداعها بالمتحف المصرى. هذه القطع ترجع ملكيتها لأجانب كانوا يعيشون فى مصر، وكانوا من هواة جمع الآثار والتحف أو الاتجار فيها، و احتفظوا بتلك القطع فى خزائن خاصة بالبنك الأهلى المصرى بالقاهرة، حتى تقرر نقلها إلى المجلس الأعلى للآثار تنفيذا لقانون حماية الآثار.
Antiquities Ministry: Byzantine coins found in Beheira
Egypt Independent 26 Nov 2012
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Ali has announced the discovery of two ancient coins dating back to the Byzantine...
Trade and smuggling of Pharaonic antiquities in Egypt
Pharaonic statue discovered in Luxor
MENA 21 Nov 2012
A royal statue of black granite was discovered at the city of Armant in Luxor, said Antiquities Minister Mohammed...
Saqqara pyramid in Giza
Saqqara pyramid in danger as restorations halt over financial woes
Al-Masry Al-Youm 01 Oct 2012
Renovations at Egypt’s oldest pyramid in Saqqara have halted because the Antiquities Ministry has not paid the...
Trade and smuggling of Pharaonic antiquities in Egypt
Attempt to steal Pharaonic artifact in Aswan foiled
MENA 06 Jun 2012
Security guards foiled an attempt to steal an antique panel depicting King Merenptah, the fourth ruler of the 19th...
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...
Trade and smuggling of Pharaonic antiquities in Egypt
Sixty-eight artifacts seized in Minya
Saeed Nafea 05 Mar 2012
The antiquities and tourism police in Minya, Upper Egypt, seized 68 artifacts from the Greek and Roman eras from a shop...
An Egyptian man shows photographers a burnt manuscript after the Institute of Egypt in central Cairo caught fire, December 18, 2011 during deadly clashes pitting army troops and police against protesters for a third day, widening divisions over the military's handling of transition from Hosni Mubarak's rule. The heavily damaged historic centre for the advancement of scientific research, housing priceless national archives, was set was founded in 1798 during Napoleon Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt, and contained more than 20,000 precious documents and manuscripts.
Antiquities minister demands halt of restoration at Institut d'Egypte
MENA 01 Mar 2012
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Ali called on the armed forces’ engineering administration to stop...