Artifacts
Prospectors in Cyprus discovered a series of exciting discoveries, including artifacts dating back 3,500 years, during the Bronze Age.
A huge ritual platform and Egyptian artifacts were discovered in northern Saudi Arabia.
Skakal has been convicted of attempting to smuggle 21,855 artifacts in a diplomatic container from Alexandria to the Italian port of Salerno.
The Egyptian Cabinet issued an infograph Wednesday indicating that the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will attract more than 5 million visitors annually.
ET reveals details of the artifacts returned by Sheikh Sultan bin Mohamedd al-Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, to Egypt. The artifacts totaled up to 425 rare Egyptian artifacts from several eras.
The confiscated artifacts date back to various eras and the arrested people confessed their crimes.
Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri said that the National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation held a meeting after making sure that an Egyptian Tutankhamun bust is up for sale in an auction in the UK.
Head of the Central Department of Restoration and Conservation of Antiquities Gharib Sonbol has stated that Egypt’s antiquities and monuments are in safe hands.
Tanta Museum is the only museum in Gharbia; it has been closed for 18 years.
The Cabinet information center on Tuesday denied reports about selling 17 archaeological artifacts in Christie's Auction Hall in the US.
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Remaya Square received 35 large pieces of wooden antiquities from Khufu’s second ship in Giza.
In its mid-year report, the Cabinet stated the achievements ofthe Egyptian Armed Forces and the police in the realm of countering terrorism and combating crime.
The number of hot air balloon rides in Luxor surpasses 30 rides per day.
Among the seized artifacts were antiquities dating back to 11th Dynasty and coins dating back to the Greek-Byzantine eras.
Tawfik further stated that 24 pieces have so far been transferred from a total of 87 statues set to be displayed on the “Kings' Great Staircase".
The Egyptian Grand Museum in Al-Remaya Square received 421 artifacts from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, most notably a statue of King Khafre.
The Egyptian Minister of Antiquities added that there is a presidential mandate to inaugurate the Grand Egyptian Museum by 2020 and execute all its establishment procedures with high efficiency.
The Ministry of Antiquities received a stone-carved artifact from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Senegal has opened one of Africa’s largest art collections, one of a series of new museums on the continent.
The Grand Egyptian is one of the largest archaeological museums in the world. Thousands of artifacts will be displayed during and after its launching.
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