Egyptian museum
Stolen artifacts recovered
Archaeology
November 8, 2012
Stolen artifacts recovered
Security services seized on Thursday stolen artifacts in Cairo, Giza and Sharqiya.
Four people are suspected of attempting to sell…
Antiquities Minister: Egyptian Museum is safe, open for visitors
Egypt
October 13, 2012
Antiquities Minister: Egyptian Museum is safe, open for visitors
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square is open for visitors on Saturday as usual, said Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim.…
Egyptian artifacts, between the Met and the mathaf
Opinion
September 30, 2012
Egyptian artifacts, between the Met and the mathaf
If you’ve ever been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and looked at the labels describing its…
Minister: No evidence Mubarak gave antiquities away as gifts
Egypt
September 28, 2012
Minister: No evidence Mubarak gave antiquities away as gifts
Investigations have so far produced no evidence proving that former President Hosni Mubarak gave antiquities from the Egyptian Museum as…
Antiquities minister: Egyptian Museum received 328 visitors on Friday despite protests
Egypt
August 25, 2012
Antiquities minister: Egyptian Museum received 328 visitors on Friday despite protests
Antiquities minister Mohamed Ibrahim said that the Egyptian Museum received a normal turnout of visitors Friday during the usual…
Film screening in Egyptian Museum cancelled due to sudden exorbitant fee
Cinema/TV
July 27, 2012
Film screening in Egyptian Museum cancelled due to sudden exorbitant fee
Egypt's Ministry of State for Antiquities requested the sum of LE22,000 from the producers of "Sound from the Hallways", a…
Egypt retrieves rat mummy from Germany
Archaeology
July 18, 2012
Egypt retrieves rat mummy from Germany
Cairo International Airport’s cargo terminal received an ancient ptolemaic casket including the mummy of a rat on Tuesday, which had…
Minister requests return of NDP headquarters site to Egyptian Museum
Egypt
February 28, 2012
Minister requests return of NDP headquarters site to Egyptian Museum
The antiquities minister has asked Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri to intervene to assign custodianship of the land plot where the…
Egypt’s Museums: A look into the ‘GEM,’ Part I
Archaeology
February 16, 2012
Egypt’s Museums: A look into the ‘GEM,’ Part I
On 10 January, almost 20 years since the idea was first conceived, Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Ali announced that the…
Egyptian Scientific Institute evacuated in anticipation of collapse
Books
December 22, 2011
Egyptian Scientific Institute evacuated in anticipation of collapse
The committee formed by the minister of culture to save historical manuscripts housed at the Egyptian Scientific Institute, which was…