archaeology
Hurghada Museum finally opens in December
Culture
November 20, 2019
Hurghada Museum finally opens in December
The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri announced on Saturday that a new museum in Hurghada will…
Photos: Egypt opens Old Kingdom tombs Idu, Qar for visitation
Archaeology
November 18, 2019
Photos: Egypt opens Old Kingdom tombs Idu, Qar for visitation
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry on Monday opened the Idu and Qar tombs in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza following the completion…
Antiquities Ministry inaugurates 12th International Conference of Egyptologists
Archaeology
November 5, 2019
Antiquities Ministry inaugurates 12th International Conference of Egyptologists
Under the foot of the Pyramids of Giza, as harp melodies played, the Antiquities Ministry on Sunday celebrated the inauguration…
Photos| Police arrests gang in possession of pharaonic figurines, sarcophagus
Archaeology
October 7, 2019
Photos| Police arrests gang in possession of pharaonic figurines, sarcophagus
Egypt’s Interior Ministry forces arrested members of a gang including 22 suspects specialized in illegal excavations of antiquities. The suspects…
Zahi Hawass pays a visit to Italy’s Noto to lecture on excavations
Archaeology
September 30, 2019
Zahi Hawass pays a visit to Italy’s Noto to lecture on excavations
Egyptologist Zahi Hawass visited Italy’s Noto on Saturday, giving a lecture on Egyptian antiquities and revealing details about recent excavations…
‘Mudlarks’ unearth the past on London’s riverbanks
World
September 20, 2019
‘Mudlarks’ unearth the past on London’s riverbanks
Treading her way along the muddy banks of the River Thames, Lara Maiklem spots a 16th-century clothespin which she wipes…
Coincidence leads to discovery of 20 archaeological sites in Alexandria
Archaeology
September 7, 2019
Coincidence leads to discovery of 20 archaeological sites in Alexandria
Egyptian authorities have unintentionally discovered several historical monuments dating back to the Greco-Roman and Ptolemaic era in roughly 20 archaeological…
Zahi Hawass billboard in Times Square promotes tourism to Egypt
Egypt
August 14, 2019
Zahi Hawass billboard in Times Square promotes tourism to Egypt
Photos of the iconic Egyptian Egyptologist and former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass will appear in one of the world’s…
First-ever restoration work for Tutankhamun’s coffin filmed
Archaeology
August 4, 2019
First-ever restoration work for Tutankhamun’s coffin filmed
The Grand Egyptian Museum was swarmed with 30 local and international channels and 20 video cameras from press correspondents as…
Prime Minister discusses Grand Egyptian Museum opening
Archaeology
August 4, 2019
Prime Minister discusses Grand Egyptian Museum opening
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met the Minister of Antiquities Khaled Anani and the General Supervisor of the Grand Egyptian…