Egyptian museum
Concern rises over those arbitrarily detained by the military on 9 March
Egypt
March 12, 2011
Concern rises over those arbitrarily detained by the military on 9 March
For the past few years, Aly Sobhy has been part of a street theatre troupe whose work was one of…
Egypt’s Museums XVIII: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Turin
Archaeology
February 23, 2011
Egypt’s Museums XVIII: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Turin
“The road to Memphis and Thebes passes through Turin,” wrote the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs Jean-François Champollion when he came…
Egyptian family returns Pharaonic statue to Department of Antiquities
Egypt
February 17, 2011
Egyptian family returns Pharaonic statue to Department of Antiquities
The Egyptian Department of Antiquities has recovered a statue of Akhenaton, one of eight items stolen by looters from the…
Gilded Tutankhamun mask not stolen, says Hawass
Egypt
February 14, 2011
Gilded Tutankhamun mask not stolen, says Hawass
Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass has denied that one of King Tutankhamun's gilded masks was stolen from the Egyptian Museum.In…
Eight artifacts reported missing from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum
Art news
February 13, 2011
Eight artifacts reported missing from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum
Zahi Hawass, head of the newly-created Ministry of State for Antiquities, announced this morning that eight artifacts had been stolen…
8 artifacts missing from Egyptian Museum
Egypt
February 13, 2011
8 artifacts missing from Egyptian Museum
Eight ancient artifacts were stolen from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square on 28 January during the protests calling for…
Hawass: Restoration of museum artifacts to be complete in 5 days
Egypt
February 6, 2011
Hawass: Restoration of museum artifacts to be complete in 5 days
Egyptian Minister for Antiquities Zahi Hawass said restoration of 70 artifacts damaged at the Egyptian Museum last week will conclude…
Tour guides shun new Egyptian Museum souvenir center
Business
December 21, 2010
Tour guides shun new Egyptian Museum souvenir center
The Egyptian Museum souvenir center, which opened last week, made LE100,000 in revenues on Friday, up from LE50,000 on Thursday,…
The future of Egypt’s museums
Opinion
September 7, 2010
The future of Egypt’s museums
The recent theft of Van Gogh's famous painting, Poppy Flowers, from the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum has raised critical questions…