Mohamed Ibrahim Ali
Attempt to steal Pharaonic artifact in Aswan foiled
Art news
June 6, 2012
Attempt to steal Pharaonic artifact in Aswan foiled
Security guards foiled an attempt to steal an antique panel depicting King Merenptah, the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty…
Belgium returns 80 smuggled artifacts to Egypt
Egypt
May 6, 2012
Belgium returns 80 smuggled artifacts to Egypt
The Antiquities Ministry will receive on Monday 80 artifacts that were recently smuggled to Belgium, Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim…
Sixty-eight artifacts seized in Minya
Archaeology
March 5, 2012
Sixty-eight artifacts seized in Minya
The antiquities and tourism police in Minya, Upper Egypt, seized 68 artifacts from the Greek and Roman eras from a…
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…
Almost 3,000-year-old tomb of female singer found in Egypt
Archaeology
January 16, 2012
Almost 3,000-year-old tomb of female singer found in Egypt
Swiss archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a female singer dating back almost 3,000 years in Egypt's Valley of the…