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Zahi Hawass: “My First Love…Ancient Egyptian Antiquities”
Image by vintagedept via Flickr When I speak of ancient Egypt, I am speaking about my first and greatest love, however this does not mean that I do not love anything else, as I appreciate the magnificence and beauty of Islamic art and the genius of the Muslim artists who were able... »
Egypt amends Antiquities law
The People’s Assembly amended Egypt’s antiquities law on Monday to bring in stiffer punishments for the theft and smuggling of relics while granting patent rights to the country’s antiquities council. The sale of antiquities is still banned and Egyptians who have antiquities must report their possessions to the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Relics can in the... »
What is an Egyptian antiquity and how to protect it?
At the heart of a “heated debate” in the Egyptian Parliament (People’s Assembly) was the question of what constitutes an Egyptian antiquity and whether the people are capable of identifying an object as such. Article 8 of the proposed law, supported by Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, would ban the trade or any other form... »
Largest tomb at Saqqara discovered
The Supreme Council of Antiquities has announced the discovery by Egyptian archaeologists of two tombs dating back to the 26th dynasty at the Saqqara necropolis, the site of a number of recent important findings. Both tombs are cut into the hills and, despite of being looted in the 5th Century AD, the excavators found coffins,... »
Nefertiti “Summit” held at Cairo
Image via Wikipedia A meeting was held today at the offices of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, where Dr. Friederike Seyfried, Director of the Aegyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung in Berlin, presented Dr. Hawass with copies of all of the key documentation held by the Berlin Museum concerning the discovery and removal from Egypt of the... »
Egypt: World’s first international conference on repatriation of antiquities
Egypt will host an international conference next March for countries seeking the return of ancient indigenous treasures being kept in foreign museums. The secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, said the conference would be a world first. ”We expect around 12 countries to participate, possibly several more,” Dr Hawass said. ”There is a moral... »
Press Release- Alleged finds in Western Desert
I need to inform the public that recent reports published in newspapers, news agencies and TV news announcing that “twin brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni have unearthed remains of the Persian army of Cambyses,” are unfounded and misleading. The brothers are not heading any archaeological mission in Berenike Panchrysos at the small Bahrin Oasis... »
Tomb of King Tut (KV 62) will undergo major restoration
Image via Wikipedia KV 62, the famous tomb of King Tutankhamen will undergo a five-year project to clean and restore the wall paintings. The restoration project is a collaboration between Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Getty Conservation Institute. This is not the first time the Los Angeles based Getty Institute has worked in an Egyptian... »
Zahi Hawass appointed deputy minister of culture
Dr. Zahi Hawass has been appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Culture. He will also stay on in his current post as secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), a post he was supposed to be pensioned off this coming May, as he will be 63-years-old. Hawass has published 15 books... »
Metropolitan Museum returns artifact to Egypt
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return to Egypt a fragment of an ancient pharaonic shrine it purchased from a collector. The Supreme Council of Antiquities said that a piece of a red granite shrine, known as a “naos,” was purchased from an antiquities collector in New York last October so that it could... »
