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UNESCO lauds efforts by Ministry of Antiquities to protect artifacts
Date: 2014-01-04 09:18:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:12 - ID:478321
Director of the UNESCO office in Cairo Bechir Lamine has appreciated efforts exerted by the Ministry of Antiquities in Egypt to protect Egyptian artifacts in such critical time. In a letter to Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim, Lamine ....
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Culture minister calls for partaking in constitution referendum
Date: 2014-01-03 07:28:51 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:6 - ID:476464
Culture Minister Mohamed Saber Arab called on all the Egyptians to partake in the forthcoming referendum on Egypt's amended constitution, slated for mid January. The constitution will mark a real beginning for the renaissance of the state, Arab ....
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Al-Azhar to launch own TV channel within three months for extremism fight: Grand Imam
Date: 2014-01-01 17:07:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:43 - ID:474113
Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb said Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, will launch its own satellite television within three months for fighting extremism and spreading the moderate teachings of Islam. The channel ....
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Prominent producer Leithy dies at 77
Date: 2014-01-01 09:36:33 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:18 - ID:472995
Prominent producer and scenarist Mamdouh el-Leithy passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 77. The funeral will be at Moustafa Mahmmoud mosque in Mohandisen after Zuhr (midday) prayers, said head of the Filmmakers Syndicate Mosaad Fouda. ....
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Egypt restores upper part of ancient statue from Belgium
Date: 2013-12-29 11:10:06 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:37 - ID:467597
The Ministry of Antiquities will receive on Monday the upper part of a statue of one of the nobles of the 26th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt that was smuggled to Belgium during the January 25 revolution, the Antiquities Minister said on Sunday. The ....
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German researchers who stole samples from Cheops Pyramid apologize to Egypt
Date: 2013-12-28 09:24:01 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:26 - ID:465760
Two German researchers who took samples without official permission from the Great Pyramid of Giza apologized to the Egyptian people over the incident, saying they meant no harm. The two researchers, Dominique Goerlitz and Stefan Erdmann, said ....
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Minister launches new initiative to revive hard-hit tourism sector
Date: 2013-12-23 09:08:44 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:12 - ID:456582
With Egypt's most vital economic sector, tourism, still at record lows since January 25 revolution, the tourism minister launches a new initiative aiming at encouraging Egyptians abroad to spend Christmas and the mid year vacations in their ....
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Antiquities Ministry seeks to restore stolen piece from Giza Pyramid
Date: 2013-12-23 08:07:42 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:4 - ID:456416
Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim addressed the Foreign Ministry to take legal procedure to retrieve a relic stolen from the Great Giza Pyramid by three German researchers. Ibrahim said he asked the Foreign Ministry to coordinate with German ....
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Antiquities minister, Latvia amb. probe cooperation
Date: 2013-12-19 14:25:51 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:35 - ID:450828
State Minister for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim discussed on Thursday with Latvia's ambassador here means of promoting bilateral cooperation as well as exchanging archaeological experiences. During the meeting, Ibrahim probed items of a ....
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No decisions taken until now against German archaeologists who stole samples of King Khufu's cartouche - antiquities ministry
Date: 2013-12-19 14:20:31 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:31 - ID:450811
The German government has not taken until now any legal measures against the German archaeologists, who stole samples of King Khufu's cartouche, said head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Section at the State Antiquities Ministry Mohamed ....
