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Administrative court orders recovery of 179 artifacts from US
Archaeology

Administrative court orders recovery of 179 artifacts from US

The State Council Administrative Court on Saturday ordered the government to take the necessary procedures to recover 179 artifacts that…
Hawass denies smuggling antiquities
Egypt

Hawass denies smuggling antiquities

Former Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass on Tuesday asked the Public Funds Prosecution to adjourn investigating him on charges of smuggling…
Official: Mubaraks pocketed revenue from artifact exhibits abroad
Egypt

Official: Mubaraks pocketed revenue from artifact exhibits abroad

Since 2002, revenue from overseas exhibitions of rare artifacts has gone to the family of toppled President Hosni Mubarak, an…
Antiquities council rejects new antiquities minister
Archaeology

Antiquities council rejects new antiquities minister

The Supreme Council of Antiquities secretariat rejected the appointment of Abdel Fattah al-Banna as antiquities minister. The appointment was part…
Members of artifact smuggling gang arrested in New York
Egypt

Members of artifact smuggling gang arrested in New York

Two days ago security authorities in New York arrested three people involved in the trade of Egyptian artifacts. The three…
Q&A with Archaeologists Syndicate head Fayza Haikal
Archaeology

Q&A with Archaeologists Syndicate head Fayza Haikal

After years of rejection by the Mubarak regime on the grounds that Egyptian antiquities are an issue of “national sovereignty,”…
As Zahi Hawass flies to Peru, protesters call for the minister to step down
Archaeology

As Zahi Hawass flies to Peru, protesters call for the minister to step down

As Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities minister, traveled to Peru on Sunday to represent Egypt in the second Conference on Retrieving…
Panel: No artifacts missing from presidential palaces
Egypt

Panel: No artifacts missing from presidential palaces

A panel comissioned by the Egyptian government to take stock of artifacts at presidential palaces has said no pieces are…
Former first lady, antiquities minister accused of misappropriating funds from King Tut exhibit
Egypt

Former first lady, antiquities minister accused of misappropriating funds from King Tut exhibit

The Public Funds Prosecution is investigating accusations made by Nour Abdel Samad, director of Egypt’s archaeological sites, that former First…
Tuesday’s papers: Alaa Mubarak’s detention extended, former president’s trial location remains vague
Egypt

Tuesday’s papers: Alaa Mubarak’s detention extended, former president’s trial location remains vague

Al-Ahram, a state-owned newspaper, starts off Tuesday’s news with a report on Alaa Mubarak, son of former President Hosni Mubarak,…
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