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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/7/2024 8:49:24 PM
In a significant step towards preserving Egypt’s ancient heritage, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Germany’s Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) to rediscover and protect valuable manuscripts and papyri housed in Egypt’s archaeological museums.
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Antiquities
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Museums
10/3/2024 12:51:00 PM
The “Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs” and “On Top of the Pyramid: Ancient Egyptian Civilization" exhibitions proved successful two months after their official inaugurations in Germany's Cologne and China's Shanghai.
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Antiquities
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Museums
9/19/2024 5:40:32 PM
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in collaboration with the US embassy in Cairo and the American Research Centre in Egypt (ARCE) has launched a Centralized Museum Repository Project to support the implementation of the ministry’s Central Information System: Data Rescue, Training and Needs Assessment Project.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/17/2024 1:19:29 PM
Rafik Mansour, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US State for Cultural Affairs and Education, affirmed that the US government places great importance on preserving Egyptian antiquities as a global human heritage.
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World
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War in Sudan
9/13/2024 3:33:40 PM
Sudan's priceless archaeological heritage is being stripped from museums, with looters loading statuettes and fragments of ancient palaces onto lorries, smuggling them out of the war-torn country, and selling them online.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/7/2024 10:11:06 PM
Renowned Egyptologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has revived an initiative to repatriate the 3400-year-old Bust of Queen Nefertiti, launching an international petition calling for the return of the iconic bust to its homeland after decades of being on display in Berlin, Germany.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/7/2024 4:15:00 PM
An Egyptian archaeological mission led by archaeologist Ahmed Said El-Kharadly from the Supreme Council of Antiquities unearthed military barracks, weapon stores, and other provisions dating back to the New Kingdom era at the Tel Al-Abqain archaeological site in Beheira governorate.
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Egypt
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Tourism
8/21/2024 7:44:00 PM
22 additional locations have implemented the e-ticketing system, bringing the total number of e-ticketing-equipped sites and museums across the country to 100, as part of the country's ongoing digital transformation strategy in the tourism and antiquities sector.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
8/20/2024 11:28:56 PM
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is investigating a video showing a tourist apparently participating in the restoration of a wall painting at Luxor Temple, according to a statement released on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/11/2024 11:15:17 AM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty discussed the Gaza war and several areas of ongoing cooperation between Egypt and Belgium, including migration issues and the recovery of smuggled Egyptian antiquities, in a telephone call on Saturday with his Belgian counterpart Hadja Lahbib.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
8/3/2024 7:29:10 PM
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy convened with representatives from META, the global technology giant, to discuss the progress of the Instagram Filters project.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/20/2024 5:11:34 PM
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has launched a two-month campaign under the slogan “Egypt Alive 365” to promote Egyptian tourist attractions in the Arab market during the current summer season.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
7/12/2024 9:45:00 AM
Al-Wafd Party announced Wednesday it expelled two members who appeared in a leaked video discussing trafficking in artefacts in what seemed to be a clandestine meeting that took place inside the party headquarters - and reported them to the Public Prosecution.
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Egypt
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Politics
7/10/2024 4:03:32 PM
Egypt's oldest political party, Al-Wafd, strives to clear its reputation by investigating some of its members who were allegedly shown in a leaked video discussing the trafficking of ancient artefacts.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/2/2024 2:07:00 PM
Egypt’s hotel establishments in key tourist destinations achieved a Global Review Index (GRI) of 85.1 percent for the first quarter of 2024 in hotel services quality, showing an improvement compared to the same period of 2023, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/1/2024 8:39:26 PM
Egypt attracted a record-breaking 7.069 million tourists between January and June 2024, compared to 7.062 million tourists in the same period last year, the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities revealed in a statement on Monday.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
6/20/2024 6:07:06 PM
Renowned Egyptologist and former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass charged on Thursday that the claims made by Afrocentric campaigns of the "Black origins" of ancient Egyptian civilization are “false and misleading information.”
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Business
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Economy
6/11/2024 2:22:36 PM
The repurposing project of the iconic Tahrir Complex building (or Mogamma El-Tahrir) in Down Town is anticipated to conclude in 2024 after 31 months of work, according to Board Member of the National Organization of Urban Harmony (NOUH) Soheir Hawas.
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Egypt
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Tourism
6/10/2024 8:11:34 PM
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa discussed on Monday the situation of tourists currently in Egypt with the German and Austrian ambassadors after German travel and tourism company FTI Group declared bankruptcy.
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Antiquities
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Museums
5/17/2024 2:52:00 PM
In celebration of International Museum Day (IMD) on 18 May, entry to all antiquities museums across the country under the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) will free to Egyptian visitors.
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