Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy today chaired a meeting of the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ board. The meeting reviewed the council’s draft budget for fiscal year 2026/2027 and approved the External Exhibitions Committee’s decision to extend the “Treasures of the Pharaohs” exhibition currently running in Rome, Italy. The exhibition will now close on June 14, 2026, instead of May 3.
The board also approved several other decisions, including UNESCO forms relating to participation in the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects project, to be launched with the involvement of several member states. It approved changes to admission prices for foreign visitors at Hurghada Museum, Egyptian visitors at Prince Mohamed Ali Palace in Manial, and electric vehicle tickets at the Valley of the Kings and Deir El-Bahari on Luxor’s West Bank, effective April 1.
At the close of the meeting, the board endorsed several decisions by the permanent committees for Egyptian antiquities and Islamic, Coptic and Jewish antiquities. These concerned arrangements for the work of certain archaeological missions and the registration of artefacts discovered during excavations.
