Science
Facebook launches City Guides in latest app update
March 11, 2017
Facebook launches City Guides in latest app update
The feature was launched within a Facebook update with little fanfare, notes industry travel watcher Skift, and enables users to…
Officials deny any damage to newly-discovered king Ramses II statue during excavation
March 10, 2017
Officials deny any damage to newly-discovered king Ramses II statue during excavation
The head of the German archaeological mission Dietrich Rowe announced that the antiquities discovered Thursday morning in Matariya area are unharmed and in…
Ayyubid Sultan al-Kamel’s compartment door stolen from shrine
March 9, 2017
Ayyubid Sultan al-Kamel’s compartment door stolen from shrine
Security authorities have begun investigations into the theft of the wooden door from the compartment of Sultan al-Kamel, the forth…
Parts of buried Ramses II Temple discovered in Matariya
March 9, 2017
Parts of buried Ramses II Temple discovered in Matariya
The Antiquities Ministry announced on Thursday the discovery of parts from two statues of two kings belonging to the 19th…
66 statues of Pharaonic goddess Sekhmet discovered in Luxor
March 8, 2017
66 statues of Pharaonic goddess Sekhmet discovered in Luxor
Since the beginning of the year, the German archaeological mission operating at the King Amenhotep III Temple area in Luxor…
Free entry to military museums from March 9-15
March 8, 2017
Free entry to military museums from March 9-15
Military museums will offer free entry to visitors between March 9-15 on the occasion of Martyrs Day.
In photos: Divers install underwater museum in Dahab
March 7, 2017
In photos: Divers install underwater museum in Dahab
A group of professional scuba divers have launched a museum under the waters of the Red Sea in Dahab, installing…
Over one in four child deaths linked to polluted environment: WHO
March 7, 2017
Over one in four child deaths linked to polluted environment: WHO
More than one in four deaths in children under five is linked to polluted environments, according to two new World…
Grand Egyptian Museum to open in mid-2018: Antiquities Minister
March 6, 2017
Grand Egyptian Museum to open in mid-2018: Antiquities Minister
The Grand Egyptian Museum will be opened by mid-2018, Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany declared, adding the ministry needs LE2 billion…
Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO
March 6, 2017
Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO
A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water…