Egypt’s museums looted during riots - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Walaa Hussein

Walaa Hussein

Feb 11, 2014

Security guard the main gate of the closed Islamic Art Museum, which was damaged by a car bomb attack targeting the nearby Cairo Security Directorate on Friday, in downtown Cairo January 26, 2014. Egypt will hold a presidential vote before electing parliament, President Adly Mansour said on Sunday, reneging on a roadmap and increasing the likelihood that army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be elected as head of state within months. Parliamentary elections were supposed to happen first under the tim — Guards watch the main gate of the closed Islamic Art Museum, which was damaged by a car bomb attack targeting the nearby Cairo Security Directorate, Cairo, Jan. 26, 2014. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Digital map seeks to document 'trail of destruction' of Mideast antiquities

Shahira Amin

The golden mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamen is seen on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, January 24, 2015. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo acknowledged on Saturday that one of its greatest treasures, the mask of King Tutankhamun, had been crudely glued back together after being damaged, but insisted the item could be restored to its former glory. The golden mask's beard was detached in August, something the museum had not made public until photographs surfaced on the Internet showing a line of glue around it

Egyptian antiquities remain at risk

Walaa Hussein

Fatwa allowing illegal antiquities excavation triggers ire in Egypt

Menna A. Farouk

Menna A. Farouk

Muslim men attend an evening prayer called "Tarawih", during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Al-Rifai Mosque in the old Islamic area of Cairo, Egypt July 2, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTX2JFE9

How Egypt is trying to stop looting at ancient mosques

Khalid Hassan