Egypt’s antiquities under constant threat - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Walaa Hussein

Walaa Hussein

Apr 9, 2015

A security officer patrols the Giza Pyramids on his camel in Cairo, October 1, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: ANIMALS TRAVEL SOCIETY) - RTR38NTP — A security officer patrols the three pyramids at Giza on his camel in Cairo, Oct. 1, 2012. — REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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A fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact is displayed at the opening of the "Repatriated Objects Temporary Exhibition" at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, January 14, 2016. The exhibition features more than a hundred antiquities returned from France, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Austria, Belgium and South Africa. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih - RTX22DIA

Egypt takes stock of neglected antiquities

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Egyptian antiquities workers are seen in a recently discovered tomb of Userhat, a judge from the New Kingdom at the Dra Abu-el Naga necropolis near the Nile city of Luxor, south of Cairo, Egypt April 18, 2017. REUTERS/ Mohamed Zaki - RTS12SLV

How Egypt plans to crack down on antiquities theft

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In Giza, reporting on politics

A guide speaks to a tourist near the Djoser's step pyramid in Saqqara, outside of Cairo March 5, 2011. Sites around the great pyramid at Giza, a Wonder of the Ancient World, the Sphinx and the cemetery at Sakkara have been nearly empty of tourists since a revolt started a month ago that ousted Hosni Mubarak and now Egypt wants visitors to return. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TRAVEL SOCIETY) - RTR2JGZU

Egyptian antiquities chief: Historic legacy is under attack

Walaa Hussein

2018 'year of archaeological discoveries' for Egypt

Menna A. Farouk

Menna A. Farouk