Antiquities Ancient EGY

Lost history in Egypt Egypt puts relentless and continuous efforts to repatriate its antiquities that were smuggled abroad. The Egyptian state and its institutions provide great support for preserving its heritage and cultural history. In that respect, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, succeeded in retrieving an antique limestone palette dating back to the late period that was put for sale in an auction house in New York. Ancient Egyptian Palette Mr. Shaaban Abdel-Gawad, Director General of the Department of Repatriated Antiquities at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, said that Ambassador Dr. Hisham Al-Naqib, the Egyptian Consul General in New York, received the artifact yesterday and it is scheduled to return to Egypt soon. He added that the recovery of this piece came after strenuous efforts by the department of the repatriated antiquities in monitoring the artifact, and to provide all evidence to New York Ci...

Pyramid Giza of king Khafre Pyramid of king Khafre & Abu Al-haul Pyramid of Khafre is the second-largest and second tallest of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza. Right next to the causeway leading from Khafre valley temple to the mortuary temple sits the first truly colossal sculpture in Egyptian history: the Great Sphinx. And it is called in the Egyptian colloquial " Abu Al-haul".