Supreme Council of Antiquities
Labor protests continue in Cairo and other governorates
Egypt
September 6, 2011
Labor protests continue in Cairo and other governorates
Temporary workers of the cities of Toukh and Al-Qanater public cleaning authorities staged a vigil before the cabinet building to…
Foreign missions to resume excavations in Egypt
Archaeology
September 3, 2011
Foreign missions to resume excavations in Egypt
Starting early September, after the end of the eid holiday, 75 archaeological missions will resume excavation projects in Egypt, announced…
PM finally appoints new chief for Supreme Council of Antiquities
Egypt
August 18, 2011
PM finally appoints new chief for Supreme Council of Antiquities
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has resolved a crisis at the Supreme Council of Antiquities by appointing Mohamed Abdel Fattah as…
Egyptian antiquities suffering due to turmoil at the top
Archaeology
August 17, 2011
Egyptian antiquities suffering due to turmoil at the top
To paraphrase scholar and geographer Gamal Hemdan's masterpiece "The Personality of Egypt", antiquities from the Ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman through…
Egypt’s military unearth cartouche of King Apries
Egypt
August 9, 2011
Egypt’s military unearth cartouche of King Apries
The Egyptian Military Operations Authority on Tuesday discovered the nameplate of King Apries in the Tal Defna area in Ismailia,…
Egypt to restore 19 artifacts from US
Egypt
July 30, 2011
Egypt to restore 19 artifacts from US
Egypt on Tuesday will receive 19 artifacts from a New York City museum that date back to the reign of…
Antiquities council rejects new antiquities minister
Archaeology
July 18, 2011
Antiquities council rejects new antiquities minister
The Supreme Council of Antiquities secretariat rejected the appointment of Abdel Fattah al-Banna as antiquities minister. The appointment was part…
Arab Archeologists Union says its funds at disposal of Egypt govt
Egypt
March 6, 2011
Arab Archeologists Union says its funds at disposal of Egypt govt
The Union of Arab Archaeologists called on the Egyptian caretaker government to rescue the country’s monuments and artifacts.In a statement…
“The Pharoah” goes to war
Egypt
August 27, 2010
“The Pharoah” goes to war
Zahi Hawass has never exactly been afraid of making enemies. Egypt’s 63-year-old antiquities chief (a man who cheerfully refers to himself…
Egypt archaeologists uncover Roman mummy
Archaeology
April 13, 2010
Egypt archaeologists uncover Roman mummy
Egyptian archaeologists unearthed a Roman mummy entombed in an elaborate sarcophagus at an ancient grave site alongside gypsum masks, the…