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Heritage
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Islamic
4/29/2012 9:29:23 PM
Iconic landmark on Cairo's outskirts will soon be reopened to public after planned restoration work, conversion into international culture centre
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
4/26/2012 5:37:25 PM
Following year of exhaustive restoration work, the Hathor temple on Egypt's island of Philae will reopen to public next month
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
4/19/2012 6:27:48 PM
The Ministry of State for Antiquities is restoring its copy of La Description de L’Egypte, the first comprehensive study of ancient and modern Egypt, first published in 1809
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Heritage
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Islamic
4/18/2012 5:59:25 PM
Following an anonymous tip, police recover 100-year-old painting stolen two days earlier from Giza's Mena House Oberoi Hotel
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Heritage
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Greco-Roman
4/13/2012 1:17:01 PM
Egyptian archaeologists find four Greek and Byzantine-era tombs in old Alexandria’s eastern necropolis, bringing a halt to planned residential project
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Heritage
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Coptic
4/11/2012 2:30:34 PM
First phase of project to restore St. Catherine’s library - home to world-class collection of ancient manuscripts, icons - will begin next month
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
4/10/2012 7:31:06 PM
In response to concerns about raids on the site, the antiquities ministry has sent a committee to inspect the area
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Heritage
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Museums
4/9/2012 11:55:56 AM
The Egyptian Museum of Barcelona gathers artefacts from various museums until 20 July, offering a priveleged audience a hard-to-match exhibition on beauty and fashion in Ancient Egypt
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
4/6/2012 4:14:44 PM
A St Louis art museum can keep hold of a 3,200-year-old mummy’s mask, a US federal judge ruled, saying the US government failed to prove that the Egyptian relic was stolen
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Egypt
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Politics
4/3/2012 9:07:06 PM
As former minister of antiquities Zahi Hawass continues to drag the Mubarak name into the case filed against him, the judiciary denies questioning former first lady Suzanne Mubarak over artefacts charges
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
4/3/2012 6:34:25 PM
The smuggled artefacts were seized by the Israel antiquities authority at a shop in the old city of Jerusalem
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Egypt
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Politics
4/2/2012 6:00:01 PM
Zahi Hawass, the former minister of state for antiquities faces charges of breaking Egypt's antiquities law when he agreed to display rare Egyptian objects in Australia and the US
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
4/1/2012 6:33:32 PM
Egyptian woman caught smuggling 80 artefacts -including Islamic, Coptic and ancient antiquities- through Brussels airport; Court orders their return to Egypt
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
3/25/2012 6:30:18 PM
Following a year's worth of looting, well-known American archeologist Carol Redmount has launched a social media campaign to rescue the archaeological site of El-Hibeh next to the Egyptian city of Beni Suef
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Books
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3/19/2012 6:10:52 PM
A new book entitled Legitimate Robberies by legal consultant Ashraf El-Ashmawi is to be released within days
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
3/18/2012 5:00:00 PM
The tomb of King Khufu’s granddaughter, along with those of five more Old Kingdom noblemen, is to be opened to the public soon
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
3/14/2012 12:02:52 PM
Animal mummies found in Abydos shine light on religious rituals of ancient Egyptians
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
3/12/2012 5:40:18 PM
The stolen artefacts were missing for over a decade until they turned up in Barcelona
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
3/8/2012 10:36:42 AM
A Hong Kong dentist is wielding forceps to help reach for answers inside the last surviving example of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza
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Heritage
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Ancient Egypt
3/4/2012 4:34:57 PM
Engraved limestone gate unearthed in Karnak temple complex on Luxor’s east bank bears name of King Ahmose’s previously unknown great-grandfather
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