An independent authority made up of four ministries and the Cairo governorate have been assigned to return the area to its original allure.
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British activists are outraged that Northampton Museum sold an ancient Egyptian statue of Sekhemka to a private collector for £15.76 million
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Egypt's antiquities ministry has rebuffed allegations that the Djoser Step Pyramid in Saqqara — considered the oldest stone monument in the world — is in danger
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Egypt recovered four Ottoman coins made of Gold
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The Rehabilitation of the Museum of Islamic Art is to start soon after the United Arab Emirates adopts its restoration
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A collection of jewelry owned by family of Mohamed Ali was recovered before it could be sold at auction
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Police recovered nearly 100 artefacts dating from Egypt's Mohamed Ali dynasty before they could be shipped from the Nile Delta to the United States
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Hanging Church in Old Cairo will reopen in October after long process of renovation
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Egypt Embassy in Germany received samples of King Khufu’s cartouche chopped off late last year
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A temporary archaeological exhibition at Sharm El-Sheikh’s Conference Hall is to be held soon in an attempt to fundraise the planned Sharm El-Sheikh museum
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An Egyptian passenger was caught trying to smuggle 185 Ptolemaic and Graeco-Roman coins at Cairo Airport
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Airport Customs foiled a smuggling attempt on 20 Islamic and modern era coins
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A painted limestone relief that was stolen and illegally smuggled to Germany during the last century arrives back in Egypt
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The statue had previously been on display at Northampton Museum in the UK
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Eight Islamic decorations from a Cairo mosque and a sarcophagus lid were smuggled out of Egypt and ended up in Copenhaged and Paris
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While Egyptian officials denounce the controversial sale and work on preventing it, UK local council claims the move has long been endorsed by Egypt as legal and insists the sale is on
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Fifth dynasty statue of Sekhemka will go on sale in London in four days, prompting Egyptian officials into action
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A well preserved limestone chapel from the reign of the 11th Dynasty king Mentuhotep II has been unearthed in Sohag
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Remains of ancient city discovered 25km south of Rashid (Rosetta) in the Nile Delta
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