tombs
Luxor protesters block road leading to Valley of the Queens
Egypt
September 25, 2011
Luxor protesters block road leading to Valley of the Queens
Residents of the village of Marei on Luxor’s west bank have blocked the road that leads to the Valley of…
Ancient mayor’s tomb found south of Cairo
Archaeology
May 31, 2010
Ancient mayor’s tomb found south of Cairo
Archaeologists have discovered the 3300-year-old tomb of the ancient Egyptian capital's mayor, whose resting place had been lost under the…
Zahi Hawass: “I want it back”
Archaeology
December 20, 2009
Zahi Hawass: “I want it back”
Zahi Hawass, Egypt's foremost archaeologist and secretary general of the High Council of Antiquities, caused a stir in the UK…
A Life in Paradise
Books
December 6, 2009
A Life in Paradise
The American University in Cairo's Tahrir Bookstore hosted the famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass last Saturday at 5pm for a book…