Heritage - Ancient Egypt

New antiquities head, new plan, protestors satisfied

The newly appointed secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities says he will meet protestors’ demands, promises reform

Political battle rages around Egypt's antiquities as protesters shut down tourist sites

Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Abdel Fatah, insists that his resignation is final and he cannot manage the demands of protesters, as Prime Minister Sharaf tries to convince him to stay on

An initiative towards ending Egypt's archaeologists' protests

After the delivery of Abdel Fatah's resignation as secretary general of Egypt's antiquities council, he meets with the prime minister, who takes steps to resolve budget problems amidst archaeologists' protests

Resignation of Egypt's head of antiquities declined

The Egyptian Cabinet has declined the resignation of Supreme Council of Antiquities Secretary General Mohamed Abdel Fatah while the latter vows not to return until gaining full authority

Head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities confirms his resignation

Mohamed Abdel Fatah explains his decision in an exclusive interview with Ahram Online

Unconfirmed reports: New Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities resigns

Continued protests at SCA may have driven out recently appointed Secretary General, Mohamed Abdel Fatah, out

Australia to return stolen artefacts to Egypt

Greco-Roman artefacts recovered from Melbourne storehouses to return home

UNESCO to help Egypt restore its World Heritage sites

After a meeting on Monday, the UN agency pledged to support restorations in Memphis' Necropolis and help introduce training courses for curators of the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation

An Egyptian antiquities' smuggling ring falls into police net

Tourism and Antiquities Police capture an antiquities' theft gang red handed while trying to sell their stolen goods

Nefertiti: How deceit won a beautiful woman

Can a 1924 document charging German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt with cheating to secure the Nefertiti bust for Germany guarantee its return to Egypt?

Egypt's Djoser Step pyramid in intensive care

Restoration work on the Djoser Step Pyramid is to be resumed next week

Excavation works resumed in Egypt

Foreign archaeological missions resumed excavation and restoration today, while more foreign missions apply to begin new works

Egypt Antiquities authority schedules debt to push restoration

The Supreme Council of Antiquities decided to schedule its debts in order to resume restoration and development projects anticipating return of tourists

UNESCO's alert to protect Libyan monuments

UNESCO urges the world’s nations to protect Libya’s cultural heritage through the country’s transitional period

Egypt Antiquities gets new chief

Mohamed Abdel Fatah is the newly appointed Secretary General of the Supreme Council Antiquities filling the post once made famous by

The Avenue of Sphinxes is to be inaugurated in October

The avenue, built in the 30th Dynasty, has been somewhat neglected, but will be open to visitors later this year

The fate of Tutankhamun's touring exhibition

Will 2012 mark the end of Tutankhamun's international tour?

Engraved stelae found near Ismailia, urban settlement unearthed

A reddish sandstone stelae from the reign of the 26th Dynasty King Wah-Ib-Re has been excavated at Ismailiya

The MET returns some of King Tut’s tomb back to its Egyptian homeland

After nearly nine decades of pertaining to New York's Metropolitan Museum collection, artifacts from Tutankhamun’s tomb return in Egypt to be displayed

PM Sharaf cancels El-Banna's nomination for antiquities

Prime minister Sharaf cancels the nomination of the Abdel Fatah El-Banna as minister of state for antiquities

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