Archaeology
‘Screaming Mummy’ attracts 20,000 visitors to Egyptian Museum
February 13, 2018
‘Screaming Mummy’ attracts 20,000 visitors to Egyptian Museum
The Antiquities Ministry said on February 4 that the Egyptian Museum is to display on a weekly basis three objects…
Photos: New 3D reconstruction of Queen Nefertiti stirs controversy
February 11, 2018
Photos: New 3D reconstruction of Queen Nefertiti stirs controversy
A new 3D reconstruction of the face of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti was recently unveiled by archaeologists using the…
25% of restoration of Alexandria Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue completed
February 10, 2018
25% of restoration of Alexandria Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue completed
Assistant Antiquities Minister for Engineering Affairs Hesham Ibrahim said on Friday that the teams of restorers who are carrying out…
‘Screaming mummy’, two other artefacts to be displayed for first time at Egyptian Museum
February 5, 2018
‘Screaming mummy’, two other artefacts to be displayed for first time at Egyptian Museum
For the first time, the Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square will this week display a statue known as the screaming mummy,…
4,400 year-old tomb of top pharaoh official discovered in Egypt
February 3, 2018
4,400 year-old tomb of top pharaoh official discovered in Egypt
Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani announced on Saturday the discovery of a tomb likely to have belong to a high-ranking…
Archaeologists in Egypt begin radar scans for secret chamber in Tutankhamun’s tomb
February 2, 2018
Archaeologists in Egypt begin radar scans for secret chamber in Tutankhamun’s tomb
In 2015 a British Egyptologist said he found evidence of a hidden chamber behind King Tutankhamun’s lavish tomb. Archaeologists have…
Three burial chambers engraved with hieroglyphics discovered in Giza
February 1, 2018
Three burial chambers engraved with hieroglyphics discovered in Giza
The antiquities ministry’s archaeological committee discovered on Thursday three burial wells carved into a rock containing funerary material, in Abu Sair,…
Photos: Antiquities minister inspects restoration work at Baron Palace
January 30, 2018
Photos: Antiquities minister inspects restoration work at Baron Palace
Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany inspected on Tuesday morning ongoing reconstruction work at the Baron Empain Palace in Heliopolis. The minister…
Archaeological rocks seized by Cairo Airport customs authorities
January 30, 2018
Archaeological rocks seized by Cairo Airport customs authorities
Cairo Airport customs authorities seized rare geological rocks of scientific and historical value before they were smuggled to the Netherlands…
Gaza resident finds ancient graves in vegetable plot
January 28, 2018
Gaza resident finds ancient graves in vegetable plot
An ancient burial complex consisting of nine graves has been found in a Gaza Strip garden after flash-flooding uncovered access…