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Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced retrieving Egyptian artifacts from Whanganui Regional Museum & Southland Museum in New Zealand

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 - 05:12 GMT

Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced retrieving Egyptian artifacts from Whanganui Regional Museum & Southland Museum in New Zealand.

Egypt, Bahrain discuss tourism cooperation, smuggled artifacts recovery

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 - 02:18 GMT

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Eissa met Monday with Bahraini Ambassador to Egypt Fawzeya Bint Abdullah Zeinal.

Egyptian embassy in Germany receives 40 smuggled artifacts

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 - 09:09 GMT

Egypt retrieved the smuggled artifacts as per the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.

Tourism min. hails efforts exerted by GEM staff to establish project

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 - 07:42 GMT

Tourism and Antiquities Minister Ahmed Eissa hailed on Sunday efforts exerted by the staff of the Grand Egyptian Museum to establish this great project.

More than 50% of the heavy antiquities were placed inside the main exhibition halls of Grand Egyptian Museum

Tue, 23 May 2023 - 05:11 GMT

More than 50% of the heavy antiquities were placed inside the main exhibition halls of the Grand Egyptian Museum.

In pic: Egypt handed over four rare Egyptian artifacts from Italy

Mon, 08 May 2023 - 09:00 GMT

“These pieces were handed over by the officials of the Turin Museum to the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Rome, in preparation for their return to their home country,” the statement read.

Egypt recovered 80 artifacts from France, England, US, Uruguay

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 - 11:32 GMT

Among the developments was the announcement of a number of archaeological discoveries in the governorates of Minya and Damietta, Fayoum and Luxor.

Egypt retrieves 16 artifacts from the United States of America

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 - 02:27 GMT

Egypt retrieves 16 artifacts from the United States of America

Cairo Criminal Court sentences defendants in 'Zamalek Apartment Case' to 5 years in prison, LE2M fine

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 - 09:31 GMT

The man and his wife are convicted of artifact trafficking.

Egyptian amb. receives smuggled artifacts from Kuwaiti authorities

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 - 10:51 GMT

Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Osama Shaltout received from the Kuwait National Museum five artifacts that were smuggled from Egypt.

Unusually large basin made of Mamluk brass sold at Sotheby’s

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 - 01:06 GMT

Sotheby's recently held an auction under the title "Arts of the Islamic World & India, including Luxurious Carpets".

Cairo Criminal Court convicts Alaa Hassanein, Hassan Rateb in 'Massive Artifact Looting' case

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 - 11:57 GMT

Rateb had funded Hassanein and a gang he leads to commit the crime.

Egypt reclaims 95 smuggled artifacts from Israel

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 - 12:55 GMT

Afterward, Official talks between Shoukry and Lapid, in the presence of the two countries' delegations were held, Hafez added in another tweet.

Egyptian pavilion in Expo 2020 Dubai located in 'Opportunity District'

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 - 10:09 GMT

The exhibition is taking place on October 1 and March 31, 2022, and consists of three districts.

Egypt's FM discusses security, economic matters with Belgium counterpart

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 - 12:52 GMT

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry met Tuesday with his Belgium counterpart Sophie Wilmes.

Egyptian Prosecution: 227 artifacts seized with former MP-led gang confirmed to be antiquities

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 - 10:29 GMT

A committee from the Supreme Council of Antiquities said all the seized antiquities date back to the Egyptian civilizations and belong to different ages, including the Prehistoric, Pharaonic, Greek, Roman and Islamic ages, according to the prosecution’s statement.

Former MP during Muslim Brotherhood tenure detained for excavating for, dealing in antiquities

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 - 03:22 GMT

The prosecution said it also detained 17 members of the gang he led for four days after they were caught red-handed while possessing 201 artifacts

Egyptian embassy in London restores 3 ancient artifacts

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 - 07:36 GMT

Egyptian Ambassador in London Tarek Adel managed to restore three ancient artifacts dating back to the Pharaonic and Greek eras before being sold in an auction hall in London, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry on Thursday.

Egypt recovers 3 smuggled artifacts from UK before sale to showroom

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 - 02:01 GMT

Two pieces belong to the Ancient Egyptian era while the third is Greek.

Japanese adore Egypt’s civilization, wish for tourism return after COVID: Japan’s Amb.

Mon, 03 May 2021 - 03:01 GMT

The Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Noki Masaki expressed his admiration for the Egyptian antiquities across governorates.

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