Ancient Egyptian antiquities
Smuggled King Ramses II statue head successfully returns to Egypt
Archaeology
April 22, 2024
Smuggled King Ramses II statue head successfully returns to Egypt
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, represented by the Supreme Council of Antiquities, received the head of a statue of…
Photos: Exhibition for Queen Ahhotep ornaments at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir
Culture
December 14, 2022
Photos: Exhibition for Queen Ahhotep ornaments at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir held an exhibition of a group of jewels and ornaments of Queen Ahhotep, the mother…
Egypt retrieves 16 artifacts from the United States
Main Slider
September 9, 2022
Egypt retrieves 16 artifacts from the United States
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recovered 16 artifacts from the US, in cooperation with the Office of the…
Egypt retrieves Quranic manuscript from UK
Archaeology
December 9, 2019
Egypt retrieves Quranic manuscript from UK
Minister of Culture Ines Abdel-Dayem announced that Egypt has successfully retrieved the 16th part of a rare Quranic manuscript belonging to Sultan…
Police thwart attempt to steal iron fence of Salah Eddin citadel
Archaeology
May 27, 2018
Police thwart attempt to steal iron fence of Salah Eddin citadel
The Ministry of Antiquities (MOA) along with tourism police have successfully thwarted a robbery of the Salah Eddin Citadel’s…
Tomb of Ramsses II’s top army general discovered in Saqqara
Archaeology
May 9, 2018
Tomb of Ramsses II’s top army general discovered in Saqqara
Egypt Antiquities Ministry said on Tuesday that an excavation mission from Cairo University uncovered the tomb of top army commander…
Directors of Egyptian Museum referred to trial over failure to carry out museum development
Egypt
March 18, 2018
Directors of Egyptian Museum referred to trial over failure to carry out museum development
Head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority (APA) Feriyal Qotb on Sunday referred the former and current directors of the Egyptian…
27 statues of goddess Sekhmet unearthed in Luxor
Archaeology
December 3, 2017
27 statues of goddess Sekhmet unearthed in Luxor
An Egyptian-European archaeological mission working in Luxor Governorate uncovered a collection of 27 fragmented statues of the lioness goddess Sekhmet,…
Ruler of Sharjah arrives Cairo and delivers Egypt 354 pharaonic and Islamic artifacts
Archaeology
November 5, 2017
Ruler of Sharjah arrives Cairo and delivers Egypt 354 pharaonic and Islamic artifacts
Egypt received on Saturday 354 antiquities belonging to different periods of Pharaonic and Islamic civilization from the ruler of Sharjah…
Antiquities Ministry official denies robbery of 32,000 archaeological pieces from museum
Egypt
August 16, 2017
Antiquities Ministry official denies robbery of 32,000 archaeological pieces from museum
The Head of the Central Museums’ Stores Authority, Saied Shebal, denied claims, on Tuesday, that his authority had released a…