Egypt Independent The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities teamed up with its partners from scientific and archaeological institutes, to offer a series of virtual and guided video tours of a wide array of the country’s museums and archaeological sites. This initiative is launched under the slogan ‘Experience Egypt from …
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Restoration work on the Al-Zaher Baybars Masjid in Cairo has resumed after a seven-year hiatus, reports Nevine El-Aref Nevine El-Aref – Al-Ahram Weekly After a seven-year hiatus, the restoration project on the Al-Zaher Baybars Masjid in the Al-Daher district in Cairo has resumed, and this week Minister of Antiquities Khaled …
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Farah Tawfeek – Egypt Independent Egypt has sent hundreds of artefacts from the flooded ancient cities of Heraklion and Canopus to the US, to launch their exhibition in Minneapolis on Monday. The opening of the exhibition, titled “Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Enchanted World”, was witnessed by several Minneapolis Arts Institute …
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Egypt Independent Egypt’s Tourism and Antiquities Police arrested four people in Saqqara, as they tried to sell an antique casket for a sum of £E 250,000. Ayman Ashmawy, the Head of the Egyptian Antiquities Department in the Antiquities Ministry, said on Tuesday that a special archaeological committee was set …
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Hend El-Behary – Egypt Independent A joint expedition between the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities have discovered more than 800 tombs in Lisht village, southern Egypt dating back to 4000 years BC. According to the Ministry of Antiquities in a Facebook post, …
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