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Egypt urges Britain to stop selling 32 ancient artifacts
Egypt
June 15, 2019
Egypt urges Britain to stop selling 32 ancient artifacts
Egyptian Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek has appealed to the British Public Prosecution to halt the sale of 32 ancient Egyptian…
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry takes action to stop sale of 32 artifacts on London auction
Archaeology
June 12, 2019
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry takes action to stop sale of 32 artifacts on London auction
Egypt’s Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa al-Waziry, announced that the Ministry of Antiquities in cooperation with…
Egypt to investigate Christie’s auctioning of Tutankhamun bust
Archaeology
June 8, 2019
Egypt to investigate Christie’s auctioning of Tutankhamun bust
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said on Saturday it would address Christie’s auction house in London regarding their auctioning of a 3,000-year-old…
IDSC denies sale of Egyptian antiquities in US
Egypt
April 16, 2019
IDSC denies sale of Egyptian antiquities in US
The Egyptian cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) denied rumors circulated on social media websites that 17 Egyptian artifacts…
Antique stone of King Amenhotep I retrieved from UK auction: Ministry
Archaeology
January 8, 2019
Antique stone of King Amenhotep I retrieved from UK auction: Ministry
Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities have received an antique stone carving with a cartouche of King Amenhotep I on Tuesday,…
Banksy admits shredding stunt didn’t go as planned
Culture
October 20, 2018
Banksy admits shredding stunt didn’t go as planned
Banksy has admitted that one of his biggest pranks yet didn’t really go according to plan. The British street…
London auction of medieval Qur’an manuscript raises Egyptian objections
Culture
October 17, 2018
London auction of medieval Qur’an manuscript raises Egyptian objections
Sotheby’s, Britain’s largest broker of fine and decorative art, has announced that it will sell a Qur’an manuscript dating…
Australia mints its most valuable coin ever
Culture
September 4, 2018
Australia mints its most valuable coin ever
Australia has minted a gold coin encrusted with rare pink diamonds worth Aus$2.48 million (US$1.8 million) to meet growing…
Sotheby and Christie’s auctions go head to head selling ancient Egyptian artifacts on 3rd July
Archaeology
July 2, 2018
Sotheby and Christie’s auctions go head to head selling ancient Egyptian artifacts on 3rd July
Christie’s and Sotheby’s British auction houses are set to go through fierce competition on July 3, auctioning off ancient…
Former Air Force pilot to donate private jet to ‘Tahya Masr’ fund
Egypt
April 2, 2018
Former Air Force pilot to donate private jet to ‘Tahya Masr’ fund
Former Air Force pilot Taha Hassan declared he will be donating his last remaining small aircraft to the ‘Tahya Masr’…