Archaeology
Photos: France returns smuggled artifacts to Egypt
June 7, 2018
Photos: France returns smuggled artifacts to Egypt
France handed over to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry eight smuggled Egyptian artifacts, including a Pharaonic mask made of wood…
Video: Egypt’s new $1 billion museum
June 6, 2018
Video: Egypt’s new $1 billion museum
At the edge of the ancient pyramids of Giza, some 5,000 construction workers labor around the clock to finish the…
Egypt to inaugurate one of its largest antiquities museums soon
June 5, 2018
Egypt to inaugurate one of its largest antiquities museums soon
Supervisor for Museum Establishments in Upper Egypt Ahmed Hemeida announced that third phase of construction for the Akhenaten Museum,…
Alexandria likely to host ICOM Congress in 2022
June 3, 2018
Alexandria likely to host ICOM Congress in 2022
Chief of the General Tourist Guide Syndicate Hassan al-Nahla urged President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to support Alexandria hosting the…
Police thwart attempt to steal iron fence of Salah Eddin citadel
May 27, 2018
Police thwart attempt to steal iron fence of Salah Eddin citadel
The Ministry of Antiquities (MOA) along with tourism police have successfully thwarted a robbery of the Salah Eddin Citadel’s…
Photos: Foreign Affairs Ministry denies artifacts were smuggled by Egyptian diplomat
May 24, 2018
Photos: Foreign Affairs Ministry denies artifacts were smuggled by Egyptian diplomat
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have denied that Egyptian artifacts seized by the Italian Police of Tourism on March…
Borg al-Arab Airport authorities thwart smuggling attempt of archaeological coins
May 15, 2018
Borg al-Arab Airport authorities thwart smuggling attempt of archaeological coins
Borg al-Arab Airport customs authorities thwarted an attempt to smuggle archaeological coins of different sizes and forms, dating back to…
Roman-era temple unearthed in Siwa
May 11, 2018
Roman-era temple unearthed in Siwa
The Egyptian archaeological expedition unearthed the remains of a temple at Hajj Ali village, dating back to the second century…
Tomb of Ramsses II’s top army general discovered in Saqqara
May 9, 2018
Tomb of Ramsses II’s top army general discovered in Saqqara
Egypt Antiquities Ministry said on Tuesday that an excavation mission from Cairo University uncovered the tomb of top army commander…
No hidden room in Tutankhamun burial chamber
May 8, 2018
No hidden room in Tutankhamun burial chamber
A High-level geophysics research unveiled conclusive evidence that there is no hidden chambers adjacent to or inside the burial chamber of…