In an effort to promote tourism in Egypt, new archaeological sites and tourist attractions will be inaugurated soon in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan as well as Rashid and Taba
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Egyptian antiquities ministry offers LE 500 - 50 thousand ($86 - $8500) for the return of missing artefacts or information that leads to their whereabouts
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Excavations at the Lahoun archaeological site in Fayoum have been halted due to negligence of the excavators
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If any Egyptology enthusiast ever wanted an official, to-scale replica, the Egyptian ministry of antiquities affairs opened a production unit which sold LE2m worth of replicas to hotels in Sharm El-Sheikh
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Hawass, minister of Egyptian antiquities, is on the defence again, this time denying using ancient artifacts as props in a photo shoot to promote a clothing line bearing his name
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Ahram Online gets the story from the antiquities ministry: Hawass appeals criminal court decision, which deposes him as antiquities minister for brouhaha over rental of museum bookstore
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Promising better benefits for staff of his new ministry, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass says hard work will pay dividends
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Hawass calls on the Egyptian people to continue handing in any of the still missing pieces, while plans are underway to establish greater security at the museum
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Amongst the returned objects is one from Tutankhamun's collection
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The Egyptian museum is open today and is not permanently closed, as was published in some media after violent clashes in nearby Tahrir Square
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With all of the newness of Egypt's revolution, the antiquities ministry gets a reshuffle, including a new complaints department
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Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass will put on a touring exhibition representing the Egyptian revolution in an effort to revive tourism
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Artefacts in a storehouse in the American University in Cairo’s campus were never open to the public - and now those possibilities are no more after 145 authentic pieces were stolen
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Renowned Egyptologist, Zahi Hawass, tells Ahram Online of his reappointment as Egypt's minister of antiquities and prioritises the repelling of encroachments on archaeological sites a well as the resumption of projects
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Egypt PM Essam Sharaf is to officially inaugurate the Hanging Church in time for Coptic Easter ceremonies after 13 years of restorations to the building
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Precious artifacts stolen from Tel El-Dabaa collection in Sharkiya
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Former Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, Hawass, calls on military and PM to defend antiquities, describing locals’ encroachment on ancient tombs that UNESCO was appalled by in last week's visit
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With the antiquities field at a dangerous halt in Egypt an official letter was sent to PM Sharaf calling for an immediate appointment of a leader
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Five more artefacts looted from the collection from the Egyptian Museum have been recovered
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A collection of 800 priceless artefacts is reported missing from the Qantara-East warehouse, which was subject to looting on 29 January
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