archaeology
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…
King Tut’s tomb is not safe in Luxor: source
Egypt
August 2, 2019
King Tut’s tomb is not safe in Luxor: source
Both the tomb and mummy of King Tutankhamen, located in Luxor, are currently in danger because of the excessive flow…
New findings excavated in submerged ancient cities Heracleion and Canopus
Archaeology
July 25, 2019
New findings excavated in submerged ancient cities Heracleion and Canopus
Marine archeologists excavated a crumbled temple and several valuable finds located in the flooded underwater site of ancient cities Heracleion…
Israel: Archaeologists uncover 1,200-year-old mosque
Middle East
July 19, 2019
Israel: Archaeologists uncover 1,200-year-old mosque
Archaeologists announced on Thursday that they had discovered a 1,200-year-old mosque in the Negev Desert in southern Israel. The extremely…