Ancient Egyptian antiquities

Smuggled King Ramses II statue head successfully returns to Egypt
Archaeology

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

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
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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