Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egypt has threatened to withdraw from a Swiss archeological show because of a parallel picture exhibition that the Supreme Council of Antiquities sees as offensive to the public image of Egypt. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- An archaeological study was launched Tuesday on the sunken vessel "Coureur" involved in the 1821 illegal slave trade, off the coasts of Pointe-aux-Feuilles, south-east of Mauritius, official sources said. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan Office for documentation and manuscripts has brought home from Turkey 15,000 documents of Ottoman Empire archives spanning Libya's occupation by Turkey when the North African territory was under Italian colonial rule. Full text...

Beidha- Libya (PANA) -- Sayed Geddhaf Addam, general co-ordinator of the Libyan popular and social commands has emphasised the importance of knowledge about historical heritage, and explained that a nation without history is one without future. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco's minister of culture Mohamed Achaâri has declared his country's intention to recover more than 17,000 archaeological items seized in France. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambican archaeologists argue that the recent sale in Holland of items salvaged from a Portuguese shipwreck in country's territorial waters was illegal, and that the archaeological heritage should have remained in Mozambique. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The 17th conference on Archaeology and Arab Civilisation is underway here under the aegis of the Arab Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (ALESCO). Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The German embassy in Khartoum Saturday organised a concert to raise funds for the restoration of a famous Sudanese pyramid. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Swiss and local archaeologists have unearthed granite statues belonging to three monarchs from Sudan's Kingdom of Napata, which ruled from 900 to 400 BC. Full text...

Saint Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- A research team from the Mauritian National Heritage Trust (NHT) has confirmed relics of African slaves or so-called "maroons," who revolted against their fate in the 18th and 19th centuries. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan(PANA) -- Researchers have unearthed a first century temple in Berber district 250 km north of Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. Full text...