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Cairo airport customs confiscate large collection of historical artefacts.
On Sunday, officials at Cairo Airport confiscated a large collection of artefacts which originally belonged to the family...
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My 85 year old next door neighbour has stuff like that... :tk Infact EVERY old codger I know here in Wales, has these on their sideboard or Welsh Dresser..
... and Charity shops are stacked to the...
French-Egyptian archaeological mission discover the oldest commercial harbour from fourth dynasty Egyptian King Khufu at Wadi Al-Jarf area, 180 km south of Suez.
DAHSHUR, Egypt - Archaeologists say the elimination of Mubarak's police services left a security vacuum and an open invitation to trespass without fear of reprisal.
An Egyptian archaeologist points...
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Sad that the looters do not value history and sad there is a market somewhere for stolen artifacts. Sad the present government doesn't care or is too disorganized or broke to care. Once taken nothing...
Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim Ali has announced the discovery of 14 ancient stone statues for Goddess Sekhmet in Luxor governorate, official news agency MENA reported Monday.
The antiquities ministry has refused a request submitted by the Ministry of Finance to rent Egypt’s renowned archaeological sites in an attempt to close the government's budget deficit.
Some...
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The problem is that the majority of visitors to the sites come on organised tours, so a daily ticket would be of no use to them. At 100LE per day or 250LE per week, the revenue would drop, I'm...
King Tuts bed, jewelery box, 3 religous boats to arrive in Egyptian museum for restoration
Five artefacts from collection of boy king Tutankhamun are to be transferred to new Grand Egyptian Museum,...
Press report about the encroachment of the Dashur archaeological site - with a video shot on-site, with Egyptian archaeologist Monica Hanna:
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Jeez, it just gets me down so much. It's the sheer helplessness in the face of it I think. Once the looters have had their fill, the history is lost. And that history belongs to each and every one of...
Some bad news!
Due to the selfishness and stupidity of several people the various missions and the SCA officials are considering terminating all further lectures.
The missions are very concerned that...
Newly discovered colossi of Amenhotep III to be restored
Pair of Pharaoh Amenhotep III colossal statues to undergo intensive restoration as a part of Egypt's conservation project
Nevine El-Aref ,...
US museum unwrapping mummy's story with CT scan
Refined technology helps give a clearer picture of life in ancient Egypt, this time on Tjeby, a mummy estimated to be 4,000 years old
AP , Sunday 3...
A wooden 17th Dynasty sarcophagus of a child and collection of 18th Dynasty Ushabti figurines of a priest found inside Djehuty's tomb in Luxor's west bank.
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