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Egypt
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Courts & Law
2/17/2023 1:51:43 PM
Egypt’s Court of Cassation accepted on Thursday the appeal of Boutros Raouf Ghaly on his 15 years prison sentence, reducing it to five years in prison and a EGP 1 million fine for smuggling antiquities to Italy in a case that goes back to 2018.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/20/2023 2:01:22 PM
Egypt’s Court of Cassation reduced on Thursday sentences against prominent businessman and former MP Hassan Rateb to three years in addition to a EGP 1 million fine for illegally excavating and trafficking in antiquities.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/14/2023 5:03:09 PM
The joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the New Kingdom Research Foundation discovered a royal tomb while working in the Western Valley of the Theban Mountain on Luxor’s West Bank.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/10/2023 10:57:56 PM
Egypt’s Public Prosecution has ordered the detainment of three people pending investigation for attempting to loot a 10-ton colossus depicting pharaonic era king Ramses II after they sneaked into the southern quarry area in Upper Egypt governorate of Aswan to illegally excavate for antiquities.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/9/2023 6:30:00 PM
In an attempt to enhance the Sohag National Museum in Upper Egypt, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is in the process of reconstructing a shrine to the Old Kingdom regional ruler Winnie, which is set to become the museum’s newest attractions once complete.
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World
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Region
12/4/2022 1:48:20 PM
Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein announced Sunday the return of 18,000 smuggled artefacts, reported the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/24/2022 9:27:00 PM
The ancient Egyptians laid the foundations for sustainable development by protecting the environment, growing sustainable food, and preserving renewable and non-renewable natural wealth, said Zahi Hawass, former minister of antiquities and a well-known Egyptologist, in an interview with Al-Ahram Weekly.
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Egypt
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Tourism
11/17/2022 9:12:40 PM
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launched on Thursday a campaign to promote sustainable tourism to the country in tandem with the 27th UN Climate Change Summit (COP27) taking place at the popular Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
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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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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
10/28/2022 2:47:38 PM
A delegation of travel agents and writers from major newspapers in Ireland has started a tour of various tourist and archaeological sites in Sharm El-Sheikh, the tourism ministry announced on Thursday.
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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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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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Egypt
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Tourism
10/10/2022 5:06:58 PM
To promote Egypt’s tourist destinations and products, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has launched a promotional campaign during the matches of the English Premier League.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
10/6/2022 10:45:00 AM
As the world celebrates the bicentenary of the decipherment of hieroglyphs and the creation of Egyptology, leading Egyptologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has asked for the return of the Rosetta Stone from London
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Egypt
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Tourism
9/28/2022 3:56:48 PM
Egypt plans to stimulate inbound tourism and increase foreign tourist arrivals from 25 to 30 percent annually, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa said on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Tourism
9/28/2022 3:05:10 PM
The Egyptian Tourism Promotion Council (ETPC), an affiliate of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, launched on Tuesday an online promotional campaign under the rubric “200 years of science in the making.” The week-long campaign targets a number of countries, including the US, the UK, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and Spain, according to a ministerial statement.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/20/2022 5:09:41 PM
A burial site from ancient Egypt’s Ramses II era filled with dozens of pottery pieces and bronze artefacts has been unearthed on a beach in Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Sunday according to AFP.
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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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Egypt
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Tourism
8/31/2022 5:25:36 PM
Red Sea cities of Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh were listed among best tourist destinations worldwide in 2022 according to the world’s largest travel guidance platform Tripadvisor, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities read in a statement
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Egypt
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Tourism
8/23/2022 12:10:41 PM
The ministers of tourism and civil aviation discussed in a meeting Monday details of the imminent operation of the low-cost airline Air Sphinx, including the number of planes in its fleet and electronic reservations, a statement from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said.
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