CAIRO (AP).- A full inventory of the Egyptian Museum has found that looters escaped with 18 items during the anti-government unrest, including two gilded wooden statues of famed boy king Tutankhamun, the antiquities chief said Sunday. The 18-day uprisi…
With Soldiers Patrolling, Egypt’s Museums and Monuments are Deserted
CAIRO (AP).- One of the world’s great museums resembled a military camp on Thursday, with soldiers patrolling behind its wrought iron gates and armored vehicles parked nearby. Inside, workers with white coats and latex gloves delicately handled artifac…
With Soldiers Patrolling, Egypt’s Museums and Monuments are Deserted
CAIRO (AP).- One of the world’s great museums resembled a military camp on Thursday, with soldiers patrolling behind its wrought iron gates and armored vehicles parked nearby. Inside, workers with white coats and latex gloves delicately handled artifac…
Archaeologist Zahi Hawass Says Egypt’s Damaged Artifacts to Be Restored in Days
CAIRO (AP).- The artifacts from the Egyptian Museum damaged by looters will be restored over the next five days, the country’s antiquities head said Monday. Zahi Hawass also said that steps were being taken to reopen Egypt’s famed archaeological sites,…
International Museums on High Alert for Looted Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Due to Crisis
LONDON (REUTERS).- International museums are on high alert for looted Egyptian artifacts and some archaeologists have even offered to fly to the country to help safeguard its ancient treasures, museums said Wednesday. Egypt has been rocked by an unprec…
International Museums on High Alert for Looted Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Due to Crisis
LONDON (REUTERS).- International museums are on high alert for looted Egyptian artifacts and some archaeologists have even offered to fly to the country to help safeguard its ancient treasures, museums said Wednesday. Egypt has been rocked by an unprec…
Egypt: Military Detain 50 Men Trying to Break into at Egyptian National Museum
CAIRO (AP).- Soldiers detained about 50 men trying to break into the Egyptian National Museum in a fresh attempt to loot some of the country’s archaeological treasures, the military said Monday. Snipers were stationed on the roof of the building, and d…
Egypt: Military Detain 50 Men Trying to Break into at Egyptian National Museum
CAIRO (AP).- Soldiers detained about 50 men trying to break into the Egyptian National Museum in a fresh attempt to loot some of the country’s archaeological treasures, the military said Monday. Snipers were stationed on the roof of the building, and d…
Anti-Government Protesters in Cairo Smash Treasures and Mummies in Egyptian Museum
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Looters broke into the Cairo museum housing the world’s greatest collection of Pharaonic treasures, smashing several statues and damaging two mummies, while police battled anti-government protesters on the streets. Arabiya television …
Egypt Army Secures Egyptian Museum with Pharaonic Treasures: Report from Cairo
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Army units secured the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo against possible looting on Friday, protecting a building with spectacular pharaonic treasures such as the death mask of the boy king Tutankhamun, state TV said. The news follows…