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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
4/22/2013 7:55:49 PM
Rare leather fragments uncovered recently in the depths of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square will help Egyptologists to solve the mystery of the Pharaohs’ leather chariots
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Heritage
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Islamic
4/21/2013 8:52:41 PM
Cairp's historic Mosque of Ibn Tulun has lost much of its splendour recently, with wastewater and garbage lining its walls; Egypt's cash-strapped antiquities ministry fails to intervene
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Heritage
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Islamic
4/14/2013 5:25:43 PM
A collection of 19th century items, including porcelain vases and chandeliers, was on its way to Egypt's black market
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
3/23/2013 11:26:27 PM
Egypt antiquities police and archeologists stop illegal construction at Al-Bordan archaeological site on Alexandria-Marsa Matrouh highway, yet damages completely destruct site
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Heritage
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Islamic
3/19/2013 5:30:32 PM
After an initial restoration plan was stalled by the revolution, the antiquities ministry will finally launch a project to save the badly damaged building
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Folk
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Street Smart
3/19/2013 2:37:20 PM
Egypt's monuments open their doors to neighbourhood children
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
3/12/2013 7:21:13 PM
Encroachment on Dahshur and the establishment of a regional centre for World Heritage were the main themes discussed today by Minister for Antiquities and UNESCO'S Director General
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Heritage
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Islamic
3/10/2013 3:59:13 PM
A development project to revive Al-Muizz Street in Historic Cairo is to be launched aiming to reverse post-revolution deterioration of key heritage monuments
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
3/5/2013 5:53:50 PM
Although Egypt's antiquities law prohibits encroachments on country's archaeological sites, violations appear to remain commonplace
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
2/27/2013 6:38:00 PM
Antiquities ministry rejects finance ministry proposal to rent Egypt's famous archaeological sites to international tourism companies
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
2/26/2013 7:09:43 PM
Statue of Jean François Champollion, who deciphered hieroglyphics, provokes criticism 135 years after it was placed in Collège de France in Paris
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
2/20/2013 5:03:30 PM
Remains of a mud-brick pyramid-shaped tomb cover belonging to vizier Khay found in Luxor
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Heritage
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Greco-Roman
2/14/2013 3:50:07 PM
By chance, a Graeco-Roman cemetery has been discovered in Al-Qabari district in Alexandria
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Heritage
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Museums
2/6/2013 6:08:43 PM
Police and Carriage museums at Egypt's historic Salaheddin Citadel are to open in two weeks after restoration
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Heritage
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Greco-Roman
1/28/2013 9:39:09 PM
A Brazilian woman returned the Egyptian Roman head, which she had inherited, to the Egyptian embassy in Brazil
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
1/24/2013 9:13:31 PM
Man caught with 863 artefacts from ancient, Graeco-Roman and Islamic periods while travelling on Cairo-Suez highway
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
1/13/2013 8:09:47 PM
Dahshur archaeological site, home of the first ever complete pyramid, is being plundered by vandals and thieves
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
1/10/2013 4:45:17 PM
Collection of tombs from Egypt's turbulent Third Intermediate Period are found in King Amenhotep II's funerary complex by Italian archaeological mission
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
1/6/2013 1:35:56 PM
A historic landmark in Najaf Iraq, Khan Al-Shilan, is brought back to life as a museum capturing antiquities and paintings from the city of Najaf during the 20th century
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
12/18/2012 6:09:20 PM
Archaeologists conclude that Bronze Age pharaoh was assassinated in a plot conducted by his second wife, Tiya
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