Archaeology

Italian passenger attempts to smuggle archaeological coins

Italian passenger attempts to smuggle archaeological coins

Cairo International Airport authorities, headed by Brigadier General Ayman Abdel Fattah, confiscated five archaeological coins from an Italian passenger of…
NGO: Famed Syria mosaic museum damaged in barrel bombing

NGO: Famed Syria mosaic museum damaged in barrel bombing

Syria's best-known mosaic museum in the northern rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan has been seriously damaged in a regime barrel…
Sunken cannons dating back to Napoleon’s campaign discovered in Alexandria

Sunken cannons dating back to Napoleon’s campaign discovered in Alexandria

Mohamed Mostafa Abdel Meguid, general supervisor of the Alexandria Sunken Antiquities Department, said a Russian excavation mission discovered two cannons…
Rare ancient Egyptian shroud fetches 374,000 euros at auction

Rare ancient Egyptian shroud fetches 374,000 euros at auction

A rare 3,400-year-old Egyptian burial shroud fetched 374,000 euros ($426,000) at auction in Paris Thursday, on the latest leg of…
Minister: Cairo eastern wall renovated for $8.5 million

Minister: Cairo eastern wall renovated for $8.5 million

Antiquities Minister Mohamed al-Damaty has said that the total cost of the renovation of Cairo's eastern wall, which began in…
Egyptian shroud set for rare auction in Paris

Egyptian shroud set for rare auction in Paris

A rare ancient Egyptian burial cloth more than 3,000 years old is to go under the hammer on Thursday in…
Sale of smuggled Egyptian artifact stopped in Germany

Sale of smuggled Egyptian artifact stopped in Germany

The Antiquities Ministry has managed to stop the sale of a rare statue in a showroom in Germany after it…
Items from Prince Youssef Kamal Palace in Qena retrieved

Items from Prince Youssef Kamal Palace in Qena retrieved

The Naga Hammadi police station retrieved on Monday some items that were robbed six months ago from the Prince Youssef…
Antiquities Ministry stops the sale of archaeological statue in Germany

Antiquities Ministry stops the sale of archaeological statue in Germany

The Antiquities Ministry was able to stop the selling of an archaeological statue displayed in an exhibition in Germany, according…
Three ancient tombs discovered in Luxor

Three ancient tombs discovered in Luxor

Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty has announced the discovery of three new ancient tombs in Deir al-Madina and Kings Valley, on…
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