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Antiquities
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Islamic
12/29/2022 6:06:00 PM
Visitors of the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo’s Babul Khalq area can enjoy three temporary exhibitions throughout January as the museum celebrates its 119th anniversary.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/15/2022 9:43:23 PM
The internationally renowned Egyptian soprano, accompanied by the United Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Nader Abbassi, will be the first female singer to perform at the new Grand Egyptian Museum.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/13/2022 2:26:42 PM
Egypt returned 176 stolen coin artefacts that were recovered in the country to Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and China on Monday during a ceremony held at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.
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Antiquities
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Greco-Roman
12/5/2022 6:28:42 PM
The UK government Monday stressed the British Museum is legally forbidden from breaking up its vast collection, after a report said it could possibly hand the Parthenon Marbles back to Greece.
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Antiquities
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Greco-Roman
12/3/2022 6:44:35 PM
The British Museum and the Greek prime minister are in the "advanced stage" of "secret talks" over the "possible return" of the Parthenon Marbles, local media reported on Saturday.
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Egypt
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Tourism
11/30/2022 1:26:37 PM
New York-based travel website and magazine Travel + Leisure has recommended Egypt’s Cairo and the Nile River among the 50 best cultural places to visit in 2023.
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Heritage
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Inspiring Minds
11/28/2022 1:02:15 PM
As he submitted the final maquettes (small-scale models) of Egypt's folk architecture to the soon-to-open Museum of Folk Arts, Ahram Online spoke to the master himself about the merits and grace of architecture.
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Egypt
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Tourism
11/24/2022 7:14:00 PM
In celebration of the National Day of Belgium, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo is organising a month-long photo exhibition featuring the adventures of the legendary Belgian toon Tintin in an ancient Egyptian royal tomb
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/16/2022 9:20:23 PM
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will host limited events and group visits to some areas in the GEM complex to test site readiness and the visitor experience ahead of an operational trial phase that will be announced in due course.
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Antiquities
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Museums
11/15/2022 10:50:49 PM
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir marks the 120th anniversary of its inauguration with a 30-day exhibition of its basement collection at the foyer of the museum.
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Business
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Energy
11/13/2022 11:16:05 PM
Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a number of local and international partners to promote the use of small solar energy plants at archaeological sites and museums.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
11/11/2022 6:23:31 PM
Norwegian police said two climate activists tried in vain Friday to glue themselves to Edvard Munch’s 1893 masterpiece “The Scream” at an Oslo museum and no harm was reported to the painting of a waif-like figure appearing to scream.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/11/2022 2:06:00 PM
Zahi Hawass reconstructs the background to the discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun that took place 100 years ago this month.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
11/5/2022 6:21:40 PM
Two climate activists on Saturday each glued a hand to the frames of two paintings by Spanish master Francisco Goya at the Prado museum in Madrid, police said.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
10/31/2022 7:41:33 PM
A young woman tried to throw soup at a painting at the world-famous Musee d'Orsay in Paris this week, the museum confirmed Sunday, in a similar attack to others by climate activists in Europe.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/27/2022 5:52:31 PM
Dutch police arrested three people after climate activists targeted Johannes Vermeer's painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague on Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
10/25/2022 7:22:00 PM
The Rosetta Stone, the basis for our understanding of ancient Egypt, is an important part of Egyptian identity and must be returned to Egypt, writes Zahi Hawass
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
10/25/2022 5:19:57 PM
To promote Egypt as a diverse tourist destination and enable COP27’s participants and guests to explore Sharm El-Sheikh’s diverse tourist attractions, the Sharm El-Sheikh Museum Will extend its visiting hours.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
10/24/2022 8:03:35 PM
Three university students and a father of one of them have been arrested for stealing 59 artefacts from a museum affiliated with the Faculty of Archaeology at Sohag University in Upper Egypt, the Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/23/2022 7:50:53 PM
Climate protesters threw mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in a German museum to protest fossil fuel extraction on Sunday, and it was unclear whether the demonstration caused long-term damage to the artwork.
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