archaeology

Photos| Police arrests gang in possession of pharaonic figurines, sarcophagus
Archaeology

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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