Hatshepsut
Photos: Becca Saladin reimagines pharaonic figures using AI techniques
Archaeology
May 20, 2022
Photos: Becca Saladin reimagines pharaonic figures using AI techniques
Becca Saladin is an American “artist who enjoys photoshopping history back to life”, as she describes herself through her personal…
Antiquities ministry to move 39 ancient mummies from Egyptian Museum
Archaeology
September 13, 2019
Antiquities ministry to move 39 ancient mummies from Egyptian Museum
The antiquities ministry is preparing for the transfer of 39 royal mummies and their sarcophagi from their current exhibition at…
Tourism Minister visits Queens of Egypt exhibition in Washington
Archaeology
July 13, 2019
Tourism Minister visits Queens of Egypt exhibition in Washington
Egypt’s Tourism Minister Rania al-Mashat visited the Queens of Egypt exhibition in Washington DC on Friday at the invitation of…
Why do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses?
Features/Interviews
March 25, 2019
Why do so many Egyptian statues have broken noses?
The most common question that curator Edward Bleiberg fields from visitors to the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptian art galleries is a…
Brooklyn Museum holds first exhibition on iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt
Archaeology
March 18, 2019
Brooklyn Museum holds first exhibition on iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt
In collaboration between the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and Brooklyn Museum, an exhibition titled “Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt” will…
National Geographic to host ‘Queens of Egypt’ exhibition in Washington DC
Archaeology
February 28, 2019
National Geographic to host ‘Queens of Egypt’ exhibition in Washington DC
The National Geographic Museum in Washington DC is preparing to host the “Queens of Egypt” exhibition on Friday to allow…
Floor tiles of Karnak Temple are not ‘ancient’ as rumored: official
Egypt
February 22, 2018
Floor tiles of Karnak Temple are not ‘ancient’ as rumored: official
In response to photos circulating on Egypt’s social media outlets that have alleged the removal of the archeological tiles of…
Luxor witnesses stunning winter sun alignment in Karnak Temple
Archaeology
December 21, 2017
Luxor witnesses stunning winter sun alignment in Karnak Temple
Hundreds of keen tourists and Egyptians braced the cold breeze to watch the Thursday morning sunrise at the sanctuary of the…
Rare inscriptions of Queen Hatshepsut found on Elephantine Island
Egypt
April 14, 2016
Rare inscriptions of Queen Hatshepsut found on Elephantine Island
Stone blocks showing inscriptions of Queen Hatshepsut in the form of a woman — as opposed to the usual male…
Ancient Egyptian trade route desperate for attention
Archaeology
September 9, 2015
Ancient Egyptian trade route desperate for attention
One hundred and eighty kilometers between Qena’s city of Qeft and the Red Sea’s coastal city of Quseir stretches the…