Archaeology
PM approves exhibiting underwater treasures in Paris fair
July 30, 2015
PM approves exhibiting underwater treasures in Paris fair
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb approved on Thursday the decision to put 293 artifacts up for display at a Paris antiquities…
Lunar alignment on Luxor temple marked for Friday
July 30, 2015
Lunar alignment on Luxor temple marked for Friday
Workers in the tourist and antiquities' sectors will celebrate an astronomical phenomenon where moonlight aligns on an Upper Egyptian ancient…
Three ancient panels discovered at Wadi al-Hudi, Aswan
July 27, 2015
Three ancient panels discovered at Wadi al-Hudi, Aswan
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty announced that a US-Egyptian joint mission has discovered three antique panels dating back to the Middle Kingdom…
Activists appalled by use of stone cutter to move archaeological pillar
July 27, 2015
Activists appalled by use of stone cutter to move archaeological pillar
Activists have circlated images of an archaeological pillar belonging to King Merneptah, the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty, that…
New Bayreuth Wagner museum confronts family Nazi ties head on
July 25, 2015
New Bayreuth Wagner museum confronts family Nazi ties head on
A renovated Richard Wagner Museum opening in Bayreuth this weekend to coincide with the Bavarian city's annual Wagner opera festival…
Antiquities Minister inaugurates illumination of Ramesseum, 3 tombs in Luxor
July 23, 2015
Antiquities Minister inaugurates illumination of Ramesseum, 3 tombs in Luxor
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty is inaugurating the illumination of the Ramesseum and the tombs of Ramses IV, Ramses VI and…
Quran fragments found in UK library are among world’s oldest, says university
July 23, 2015
Quran fragments found in UK library are among world’s oldest, says university
Fragments of a Quran manuscript found in a British university library are from one of the world's oldest surviving copies…
Groundwater threatens to flood Abu Mena City
July 22, 2015
Groundwater threatens to flood Abu Mena City
The archaeological city of Abu Mena, west of Alexandria, the only Coptic archeological site in Egypt registered on the UNESCO…
King Tut series displayed on Spike Channel
July 20, 2015
King Tut series displayed on Spike Channel
The American TV channel Spike has started to air a six-hour drama about the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun dubbed "Tut." The series…
Archaeological storehouses of Ramesside Age discovered in Sharqiya
July 19, 2015
Archaeological storehouses of Ramesside Age discovered in Sharqiya
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty announced that archaeological storehouses that go back to the Ramesside Age (19th and 20th Dynasties)…