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Akhenaten: stolen then returned Today the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) released the official list of all the items that were stolen from the Egyptian museum in Cairo on the 29th of January. Earlier this month an unofficial report leaked out from within the museum in which heads of departments and officials described many missing [...]

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo The new Museum gift shop that was looted during the recent revolution in Egypt has been a subject of ongoing controversy.  In official reports from the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the Egypt Cultural Heritage Organisation (ECHO) it was stated by the former director of the museum of Egyptian [...]

“It is a fine moment for Egypt, and I feel absolutely safe here … the sound of freedom lulled me to sleep,” said Canadian tourist Barbara Bonkowsky, who said she had cried for joy when Mubarak stepped down. “I didn’t know the museum would open … I was determined to come and see the museum [...]

The Egyptian Museum As you’ve probably already heard the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir square in Cairo was ransacked and 70 items (reports differ, some say 100) were reportedly damaged and the heads of two mummies were removed. The Museum’s gift shop was completely cleared out by thieves. The following is a look at who was [...]

Pyramids Closed. Chaos in Egypt generates fear of attacks on monuments After the ransacking of the Egyptian Museum and due to the current situation in Egypt the pyramids of Giza have been closed and the Egyptian army on guard against any attacks. Rather than attempt to gather all the events here I’ll direct you to [...]

Hemiunu, Vizier to king Khufu. Photo by kairoinfo4u The return of the seated staute of Hemiunu, overseer of the construction of the Great Pyramid has been confirmed. On Sunday the Roman and Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim, Germany stated that it would lend the prized statue to Egypt for the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum [...]

Work is underway at Giza to complete the Grand Egyptian Museum by 2012 This week we return once again to the Giza plateau with this recent observation. Talking Pyramids reader and explorer Leszek Zadlo snapped this photo of some large earth moving trucks on the south-west corner of the plateau. They appear to be working [...]