CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry has recovered some of the national treasures that went missing from the Egyptian Museum during an uprising which unseated Hosni Mubarak, the country’s top Egyptologist said Monday. Items including a statue…
150 Archaeology Graduates Protest Against Egypt’s Antiquities Chief Zahi Hawass
CAIRO (AP).- The man in charge of Egyptian antiquities starred in a TV show about his exploits, sports an “Indiana Jones”-style fedora and triumphantly declared that the nation’s heritage was mostly unscathed after the revolt that toppled the president…
Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass Says Some Objects Looted from Museum Found
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry has recovered some of the national treasures that went missing from the Egyptian Museum during an uprising which unseated Hosni Mubarak, the country’s top Egyptologist said Monday. Items including a statue…
Minister Zahi Hawass Says Eighteen Items Missing from Egyptian Museum After Unrest
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…
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…