Archaeology

UK Embassy inquires about selling of head of Tutankhamun in auction

UK Embassy inquires about selling of head of Tutankhamun in auction

The UK Embassy in Cairo stated on Thursday that the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) was…
‘Everything is stolen from us’: Tunisians fight to preserve cultural heritage

‘Everything is stolen from us’: Tunisians fight to preserve cultural heritage

FOUSSANA, Tunisia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Standing near the shrine of the Sufi saint Sidi Boughanem in western Tunisia, Karim…
EU ambassador backs Egypt’s efforts to recover smuggled antiquities

EU ambassador backs Egypt’s efforts to recover smuggled antiquities

European Union Ambassador to Egypt Ivan Surkos put forward his support for Egypt’s efforts to recover its smuggled and stolen…
Prehistoric settlement in Turkey bears telltale signs of modern woes

Prehistoric settlement in Turkey bears telltale signs of modern woes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Overcrowding. Violence. Infectious diseases. Environmental degradation. It may sound like the worst of modern mega-cities. But people…
Egypt urges Britain to stop selling 32 ancient artifacts

Egypt urges Britain to stop selling 32 ancient artifacts

Egyptian Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek has appealed to the British Public Prosecution to halt the sale of 32 ancient Egyptian…
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry takes action to stop sale of 32 artifacts on London auction

Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry takes action to stop sale of 32 artifacts on London auction

Egypt’s Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa al-Waziry, announced that the Ministry of Antiquities in cooperation with…
Beheira governor to promote recent archaeological discovery

Beheira governor to promote recent archaeological discovery

Major General Hisham Amna, governor of Beheira, announced that local authorities were mulling on the promotion for a recent archaeological…
Egypt to investigate Christie’s auctioning of Tutankhamun bust

Egypt to investigate Christie’s auctioning of Tutankhamun bust

Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said on Saturday it would address Christie’s auction house in London regarding their auctioning of a 3,000-year-old…
Digital Giza Project: an online scholar’s gate into Egypt’s ancient history

Digital Giza Project: an online scholar’s gate into Egypt’s ancient history

The Digital Giza project is a portrait of the considerable efforts devoted to Egypt by modern scholars from Harvard and…
Baron Empain Palace to house heritage exhibition on Heliopolis history

Baron Empain Palace to house heritage exhibition on Heliopolis history

On Monday morning, Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anani met with Belgian Ambassador in Cairo Sibille de Cartier at the Ministry’s…
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