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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/19/2022 8:02:34 PM
Renowned Egyptologist and former minister of antiquities Zahi Hawass published on Wednesday on his website and Instagram account an international petition on Change.org calling for the return of the two iconic ancient Egyptian artefacts the Rosetta Stone, from the British Museum in London, and the Dendera Zodiac, from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
10/17/2022 12:05:18 PM
The Arab Hall reopened after an $8.9 million restoration of the Victorian era's Leighton House museum in London.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/13/2022 3:44:21 PM
To enhance visitors’ experience during their tour in museums and archaeological sites all over Egypt, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has provided solar energy-operated carts for on-site transportation in Luxor’s archaeological sites.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
10/12/2022 10:51:31 AM
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Antiquities
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Museums
10/12/2022 10:34:59 AM
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Sports
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World
10/4/2022 9:01:35 PM
Qatar unveiled Tuesday its landmark Museum of Islamic Art after an 18-month renovation ahead of the World Cup in a bid to be a "showcase" for the Arab world.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/30/2022 3:06:44 PM
Egypt has successfully recovered an ancient wooden coffin cover from a Houston museum in the US.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
9/29/2022 11:14:00 AM
Zahi Hawass continues his description of the dramatic events at the Egyptian Museum in January 2011.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
9/25/2022 2:19:09 PM
The exhibition titled “Mexico and Egypt from Above, a Unique Perspective” opened at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) Saturday and will continue through Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
9/23/2022 5:47:00 PM
Zahi Hawass describes the dramatic events of 28 January 2011 and the attack on the Egyptian Museum.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
9/20/2022 7:11:11 PM
In a war-scarred Beirut heritage house turned museum, archives of Lebanon's troubled past fuse with artistic depictions of its grim present to portray a country seemingly in perpetual turmoil.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
9/16/2022 1:13:00 PM
More and more European museums are returning heritage artefacts to countries in Africa and Asia, with the pressure mounting for the return of artefacts to Egypt, writes David Tresilian
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/12/2022 3:09:06 PM
Egypt has recovered on Sunday two ancient Egyptian statues that were smuggled to Belgium, as the country continues intensive efforts to retrieve thousands of artefacts found in the unlawful possession of museums and individuals around the world.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/7/2022 3:43:52 PM
Egypt is set to repatriate 16 artefacts that were stolen and smuggled out of the country after they were recovered by the authorities in the United States as part of their investigations in a major case of international trafficking in Egyptian antiquities.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
8/26/2022 1:57:44 PM
Bill Kramer has been thinking about the future of the Oscars since he was named CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences earlier this summer.
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World
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International
8/25/2022 1:49:03 PM
Eight ancient glass vessels shattered in the 2020 Beirut explosion go on display at the British Museum from Thursday, walking visitors through the painstaking international project to piece them back together.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/16/2022 9:14:16 PM
Zahi Hawass writes on the history of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, including its foundation and early history
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Arts & Culture
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Music
8/16/2022 8:17:24 PM
The Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi, has welcomed an increasing number of visitors as fans commemorate the 45th anniversary of Presley's death and a new movie reawakens international interest in the singer.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/5/2022 3:10:00 PM
The School of Egyptian Civilisation is to be revived at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) overlooking the Ain Al-Sira Lake in Fustat in Cairo. The school, previously an arm of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square before it closed two decades ago, will now find a new home at the NMEC.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/31/2022 3:27:04 PM
A new statue of Mohamed Ali Pasha, the Albanian ruler of Egypt between 1805 and 1848, has been installed at the Egyptian National Military Museum located at Cairo's Citadel of Salah Al-Din Al-Ayoubi.
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