antiques
Photos: Ministry of Antiquities receives 116 antiques after failure to smuggle them abroad
Archaeology
July 16, 2018
Photos: Ministry of Antiquities receives 116 antiques after failure to smuggle them abroad
Ministry of Antiquities on Monday received 116 antique pieces from Damietta port, following a failed attempt to smuggle them…
Photos: Christie’s to auction 27 Ancient Egyptian artefacts in New York
Archaeology
March 26, 2018
Photos: Christie’s to auction 27 Ancient Egyptian artefacts in New York
Auction house Christie’s is set to be auctioning off 27 Ancient Egyptian artefacts in New York on April 18, their website shows,…
Video: Egyptian King Farouk’s stolen bedroom put up for sale at $1 million in US
Egypt
January 18, 2018
Video: Egyptian King Farouk’s stolen bedroom put up for sale at $1 million in US
In 2013, agricultural ministry officials were left baffled by the disappearance of King Farouk’s bedroom, which went missing from the former-king’s royal guesthouse…
Egypt restores 484 artefacts from abroad: Antiquities Minister
Science
June 18, 2017
Egypt restores 484 artefacts from abroad: Antiquities Minister
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held on Saturday a meeting with Prime Minister Sherif Esmail and Antiquities Minister Khaled Anani…
Antiquities Ministry restores 4 artifacts from London
Science
May 25, 2017
Antiquities Ministry restores 4 artifacts from London
The Antiquities Ministry has received four artifacts from London that were stolen and smuggled out of Egypt, a statement said. Shaaban…
Antiques have their charm
Egypt
October 7, 2015
Antiques have their charm
Antique galleries started popping up throughout Zamalek and downtown in the early twentieth century, when there was a growing bourgeois…
Three antique pieces seized in container coming from Germany
Egypt
January 16, 2015
Three antique pieces seized in container coming from Germany
Public Funds Police seized at the port of Alexandria two rifles and a silver plate dating back to the Ottoman…
Two antique artifacts stolen from American Mission warehouse in Luxor Temple
Egypt
April 9, 2014
Two antique artifacts stolen from American Mission warehouse in Luxor Temple
Sources said on Wednesday that two antique artifacts were stolen from the warehouse of the Chicago Institute in Luxor Temple. The…
Egypt seizes hoard of antiquities
Egypt
January 7, 2014
Egypt seizes hoard of antiquities
The Egyptian police have seized a hoard of more than 1,500 illegally excavated ancient artefacts, the Antiquities Ministry said.The antiquities…
Delights at Theodor’s
Art news
February 28, 2012
Delights at Theodor’s
Nestled away under the knobby tree canopies of Road 15 in Maadi lies a self-proclaimed antique and vintage store named…