Archaeology

The United States returned 25 stolen artefacts to Italy including ancient vases, frescoes and manuscripts that had been illegally removed…

Bassem Ibrahim, head of the museum zones department affiliated to the central department of submerged antiquities, has called for the…

Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty has announced the discovery of a secret crypt under Alexandria's Montaza Palace gardens that goes back…

Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty has said that a lack of funding has impacted 60 projects implemented by the ministry to…

Islamic State group fighters have entered the museum in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, placing guards at its doors,…

The destruction of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra would be an "enormous loss to humanity", the head of…

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and UNESCO chief Irina Bokova have condemned extremist assaults on cultural heritage in the Middle East,…

Folklore calls Yemen the cradle of the Arabs but its ancient heritage is being destroyed as the Arab world's most…

Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty said Egypt will do its best to stop the illegal traffic of antiquities within the Middle…

Corruption in the ancient Egyptian industry of animal sacrifices could be the reason Egyptologists are finding so many animal mummies void…