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Reconstruction of a Roman Naval Battle
Jun. 8th, 2015 08:55 pmJohann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (20 July 1656 – 5 April 1723)
Jun. 8th, 2015
Two curators from the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation were arrested on Tuesday for forging artefacts stored in the museum's galleries. They are accused of stealing authentic objects stored in the galleries under their responsibility and replacing them with replicas.
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Late period bronze artefacts are in GEM storage, not missing: Ministry
Claims that nine Late period bronze artefacts are missing from the stores of the Grand Egyptian Museum are unfounded, the Ministry of Antiquities has said in a statement. The pieces have been in the same place since February when they were transferred from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square.
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More than 21,000 artifacts moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum...428 artifacts were repatriated from abroad, with another 42 pieces yet to come. 2,492 artifacts were seized during smuggling or illegal excavation operations and 10 new discoveries by archeological missions had been made.
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Late period bronze artefacts are in GEM storage, not missing: Ministry
Claims that nine Late period bronze artefacts are missing from the stores of the Grand Egyptian Museum are unfounded, the Ministry of Antiquities has said in a statement. The pieces have been in the same place since February when they were transferred from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square.
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More than 21,000 artifacts moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum...428 artifacts were repatriated from abroad, with another 42 pieces yet to come. 2,492 artifacts were seized during smuggling or illegal excavation operations and 10 new discoveries by archeological missions had been made.