Latest in Tag: Artefacts Highlight
Latest in Tag: Artefacts
Egypt recovered more than 110 artefacts in 2022
In this article, Daily News Egypt represents some of the recovered artefacts in 2022, in July, Egypt recovered an artefact from New Zealand.
Egypt expands in recovering illegally smuggled artefacts from abroad: Shoukry
17 artefacts, including Green Coffin, have been recovered from USA
Egypt opens exhibition of artefacts seized before smuggling at Prince Muhammad Ali Palace Museum
The inauguration was attended by Moamen Othman, Head of the Museums Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Osama Talaat, Head of the Islamic, Coptic and Jewish Antiquities Sector,. Amal Siddik, Director General of the Manial Palace Museum, Sherif Saeed, Director General of Historical Museums in the Museums Sector, and a group of leaders from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
Egypt recovers 16 rare artefacts from US
This comes within the framework of the highest priority given by the Egyptian state to recovering smuggled Egyptian antiquities and repatriating them to the homeland.
Egypt retrieves 3 Pharaonic, Greco-Roman era artefacts in London
The move comes as part of Egypt’s tireless efforts to restore precious artefacts that have been smuggled out of the country.
Egypt recovers 114 artefacts smuggled to France
The Egyptian Public Prosecutionâs investigations, in cooperation with French judicial authorities, had succeeded in stopping all attempts to sell the smuggled Egyptian antiquities.
Italy returns two Greco-Roman artefacts to Egypt
Two historic pieces had been smuggled into Italy and were seized in Genoa region
âSecrets of Sunken Egyptâ exhibition artefacts return home after overseas tour
Those sunken antiquities were discovered in Mediterranean Sea off Alexandria
Grand Museum receives 346 artefacts from Old, Middle Kingdoms
One of most important artefacts transferred is rectangular board for seven oils used during burial rites
Egypt thwarts attempt to smuggle artefacts in 16 parcels
The 16 parcels contained several possible antiquities, replicas, and moulds used to cast these replicas with the purpose of exporting them abroad.
Egypt sentences Boutros Raouf Ghali to 30 years for smuggling artefacts
The court also sentenced three others, including Italian ex-honourary consul to Egypt Ladislav Skakal, giving him a sentence of 15 years in absentia, and fining each person EGP1m.
Grand Egyptian Museum receives 140 artefacts
The transferred relics will be showcased at the old kingdom hall at the GEM, while the others will be on display over the stairs of the museum.
Egypt’s top prosecutor orders arrest of former Italian Consul over smuggling ancient antiques
He also ordered referral of other suspects in same case to Criminal Court
NMEC displays 5,000 artefacts donated by AUC
Antiquities legally processed by the university were unearthed in 1960s Â
Repatriation: Why Western museums should return African artefacts
A more serious problem is that the collections retain and perpetuate the stereotypical narratives Europeans had â and still have â about Africans.
âBetween Yesterday and Tomorrow: Art from a Realistic Perspectiveâ: exhibition revives Egyptian iconography in modern form
Babejâs art developed elements of ancient Egyptian arts into modernism by using bodies in different forms
Egypt retrieves 116 previously seized artefacts in smuggling attempt
Egypt retrieved on Monday 116 artefacts that were seized several years ago from different ports on their way out of the country, according to a press release published by the Ministry of Antiquities. Most of the artefacts, which were retrieved from Damietta Port, belong to the Muhammad Ali Pasha dynasty, and they include various sets …
New temporary exhibition of Islamic civilisation artefacts kicks off in SuezÂ
The Ministry of Antiquities organised a new temporary exhibition in Suez, under the name Gems of Islamic Civilisation, with the aim of letting as many citizens as possible discover the Egyptian heritage that is only available to Cairoâs inhabitants. The exhibition, taking place in the Suez National Museum, showcases 51 Islamic relics which reflect the …
Christieâs to offer Egyptian artefacts to be auctioned
Following a chain of ancient Egyptian artefacts that are auctioned for individuals to purchase, Cristieâs Auction House announced putting dozens of Egyptian antiquities up for auction, which is set to take place on 3 July. The antiquities verified that belong to several periods in the ancient Pharaonic times. Under the name of âAntiquities,â the booklet …
Egypt retrieves 9 smuggled artefacts from France
Egypt retrieved on Thursday nine artefacts from France that were illegally smuggled and then seized by French authorities. Eight of the retrieved artefacts were caught with a passenger at a train station on his way to London in 2012, according to state media outlet Ahram Online. The artefacts include a human head carved in basalt …
Egypt follows incident of artefacts smuggled to Italy
Italy informed Egypt about incident 10 months after seizing trafficked relics
Egypt retrieves 14 illegally smuggled artefacts from Cyprus
Egypt received on Tuesday 14 antiquities from Cyprus that were stolen and illegally smuggled in the late 1980s, the Ministry of Antiquities stated in a press release. The retrieved relics were given to Egypt on the sidelines of the Root Revival Week initiative launched by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his Cypriot and Greek counterparts …
50 artefacts travelling with “Pharaohs” to Russia’s World Cup
Insurance coverage ranges from âŹ10,000 to âŹ1.2m per piece, says Salah
New artefacts transferred to Grand Egyptian MuseumÂ
The transported blocks are engraved with pictures of women holding offerings while practising religious rituals in a templeÂ
National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation receives 453 artefacts
Before displaying, the artefacts shall be subjected to first aid restoration and documentation
12 smuggled artefacts to return from London
Ministry of Antiquities intensifying efforts to prevent smuggling and subsequent sale of artefacts abroad
Egypt foils attempt to smuggle Jewish antiquities
The artefacts were discovered in the Mediterranean city of Damietta as they were about to be shipped to Belgium, a ministry statement said on April 18, 2014.
Deadly Cairo blast damages museum
The museum’s collection is going to be evacuated immediately after a forensic inspection
Egypt recovers 90 ancient artefacts on auction in Jerusalem
The auction house was unable to provide documents proving who owned the items and Israeli authorities banned the sale, the ministry said, ordering 90 of the 110 artefacts to be returned to Cairo.
Attempts at stopping sale of stolen artefacts in London
Ministry of Antiquities cooperates with all concerned parties to return stolen artefacts