antiquities ministry
Antiquities Ministry demands halt of building construction in Alexandria
Archaeology
April 5, 2012
Antiquities Ministry demands halt of building construction in Alexandria
The Antiquities Ministry requested that drilling next to Alexandria’s Greco-Roman museum be stopped. Construction is taking place on a governorate…
Hawass denies smuggling antiquities
Egypt
April 3, 2012
Hawass denies smuggling antiquities
Former Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass on Tuesday asked the Public Funds Prosecution to adjourn investigating him on charges of smuggling…
Egypt’s museums: What visitors expect of the ‘GEM,’ Part II
Archaeology
March 14, 2012
Egypt’s museums: What visitors expect of the ‘GEM,’ Part II
On a Sunday afternoon, the garden of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square is quiet. The only people on the…
Minister requests return of NDP headquarters site to Egyptian Museum
Egypt
February 28, 2012
Minister requests return of NDP headquarters site to Egyptian Museum
The antiquities minister has asked Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri to intervene to assign custodianship of the land plot where the…
Minister: 2% of artifacts stolen during security vacuum
Archaeology
February 20, 2012
Minister: 2% of artifacts stolen during security vacuum
Two percent of historical artifacts held in government storehouses were stolen during the period of lax security that followed the…
Official: Mubaraks pocketed revenue from artifact exhibits abroad
Egypt
July 27, 2011
Official: Mubaraks pocketed revenue from artifact exhibits abroad
Since 2002, revenue from overseas exhibitions of rare artifacts has gone to the family of toppled President Hosni Mubarak, an…
Antiquities council rejects new antiquities minister
Archaeology
July 18, 2011
Antiquities council rejects new antiquities minister
The Supreme Council of Antiquities secretariat rejected the appointment of Abdel Fattah al-Banna as antiquities minister. The appointment was part…
Hawass demands palaces fall under control of Antiquities Ministry
Egypt
May 30, 2011
Hawass demands palaces fall under control of Antiquities Ministry
Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass on Monday demanded that all presidential palaces in Egypt fall under control…
Military arrests 6 men for illegally excavating artifacts
Egypt
April 11, 2011
Military arrests 6 men for illegally excavating artifacts
Armed Forces personnel arrested two students and four workers on Sunday for excavating artifacts west of Cairo in 6th of…
Antiquities Ministry to create revolution exhibition
Egypt
April 7, 2011
Antiquities Ministry to create revolution exhibition
The Antiquities Ministry plans to hold an exhibition about the 25 January revolution that will open in Cairo and tour…