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Antiquities sector offers scientific evidence to debunk German claims about Khufu pyramid
Date: 2013-11-26 18:03:07 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:66 - ID:408536
The antiquities sector in Egypt has issued a scientific response to German claims that the Great Pyramid of Khufu does not date back to the Old Kingdom, underlining a 2012 French discovery of many papyrus papers in a cave in Ain Sokhna showing the ....
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Egyptian Minister of Antiquities urges Japan to lift travel warning for Egypt
Date: 2013-11-26 16:51:24 GMT - Japan - Culture - SN:57 - ID:408408
Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim on Tuesday urged Japan to lift a travel warning for Egypt. Ibrahim, at a press conference he held here after a lecture he gave on Egyptian antiquities, added that the political situation in Egypt ....
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Second complaint filed against 3 German archaeologists who stole samples of King Khufu's cartouche
Date: 2013-11-25 17:13:44 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:61 - ID:406616
State Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim assigned head of the Ancient Egyptian section at the ministry Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud to file a second complaint against the three German archaeologists, who stole samples of King Khufu's cartouche. The ....
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Participants in stealing samples of King Khufu's cartouche referred to prosecution: Minister
Date: 2013-11-22 13:43:08 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:16 - ID:401157
Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said that those who allowed three German archaeologists to enter a room of King Khufu and steal samples from the king's cartouche were referred to the public prosecution. In statements on Friday, Ibrahim ....
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Egypt's State Awards ceremony postponed - Culture minister
Date: 2013-11-21 13:37:57 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:35 - ID:399620
Culture Minister Mohamed Saber Arab said Egypt's State Awards, which were scheduled to be delivered by interim President Adly Mansour on Sunday in a ceremony, was postponed due to the conditions the country is passing through. The prestigious ....
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Egypt organizes cutural festival in Vienna
Date: 2013-11-21 11:03:19 GMT - Austria - Culture - SN:26 - ID:399166
The General Union of Egyptians in Austria organizes Friday an artistic and cultural festival under the slogan of "Egypt: land of sun and civilization" with the participation of Egyptian singers, poets and photographers. The festival includes open ....
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No more special visits to closed archaelogical places, antiquities minister says
Date: 2013-11-21 11:00:56 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:25 - ID:399163
Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim decided on Thursday to ban special visits to any of the closed archaeological places unless after the approval of specialized committees. The decision came after a German researcher ....
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Egypt elected as rapporteur of ISESCO heritage committee
Date: 2013-11-21 10:11:18 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:24 - ID:399056
Egypt was unanimously elected as the rapporteur of the Islamic World Heritage Committee during its fourth meeting in the Yemeni capital, said Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim on Thursday. The election came in recognition ....
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Ismailia ancient museum inaugurated after renovations
Date: 2013-11-18 09:01:01 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:23 - ID:393056
Minister of State of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim and Ismailia Governor Ahmed el-Qassas opened late Sunday the ancient mosque of Abbasi after finalizing renovations at a cost of 1.1 million EGP. Qassas said the renovations carried out in ....
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Four Dutch backpackers arrive in Luxor, praise security conditions
Date: 2013-11-17 10:00:55 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:23 - ID:391367
Four Dutch backpackers arrived late Saturday in Isna city, southern the Upper Egypt governorate of Luxor. They came from Libya and are en route to Sudan within the framework of a desert journey of several African states. They first moved from ....
