based on financial capability, geographic location or others. The State shall give special attention
to remote areas and the neediest groups.
The State shall encourage translation from and into Arabic.
Article (49)
The State shall protect and preserve monuments and give due care to monumental sites. It shall
also maintain and restore them; recover stolen antiquities; and organize and supervise excavation
operations.
Presenting monuments as gifts or exchanging them is prohibited.
Aggression against or trafficking in monuments is a crime that is not subject to prescription.
Article (50)
Egypt's civilization and cultural heritage, whether physical or moral, including all diversities and
principal milestones – namely Ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and Islamic – is a national and human
wealth. The State shall preserve and maintain this heritage as well as the contemporary cultural
wealth, whether architectural, literary or artistic, with all diversities. Aggression against any of
the foregoing is a crime punished by Law. The State shall pay special attention to protecting
components of cultural pluralism in Egypt.
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