Archaeology

26,800 people visited pyramids over weekend

26,800 people visited pyramids over weekend

Al-Hussein Abdel Baseer, the general director of the Giza Pyramids archaeological area, said approximately 26,800 Egyptian and foreign visitors came…
Italy welcomes back ancient Head of Hades dug up illegally in 1970s

Italy welcomes back ancient Head of Hades dug up illegally in 1970s

An ancient terracotta rendering of the head of Hades, god of the underworld, with a trace of blue in his…
Eight employees referred to disciplinary trial over Tutankhamun mask maintenance blunder

Eight employees referred to disciplinary trial over Tutankhamun mask maintenance blunder

The Administrative Control Authority ordered the referral of eight workers at the Egyptian Museum to a disciplinary trial on Saturday over…
Daqahlia Antiquities Department announces discovery of bronze artifacts

Daqahlia Antiquities Department announces discovery of bronze artifacts

Daqahlia Antiquities Department announced Wednesday the discovery of an archeological cache including dozens of bronze artifacts dating back to the…
Box Office: ‘Ride Along 2,’ ‘The Revenant’ push ‘Star Wars’ from first place

Box Office: ‘Ride Along 2,’ ‘The Revenant’ push ‘Star Wars’ from first place

After four weeks atop box office charts, Disney's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has ceded first place to Universal's "Ride…
CNN: Move over T. rex, new dinosaur unveiled

CNN: Move over T. rex, new dinosaur unveiled

If you thought the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" were big, wait until you see the newly discovered 122-foot-long dinosaur that…
Culture capital Wroclaw at crossroads of central Europe history

Culture capital Wroclaw at crossroads of central Europe history

Long a symbol of Polish-German reconciliation, Poland's western city of Wroclaw will become a European culture capital this year highlighting…
PM opens recently built Nile Museum in Aswan

PM opens recently built Nile Museum in Aswan

Prime Minister Sherif Ismail opened on Sunday the Nile Museum in the southern province of Aswan, a LE82 million project…
Artifacts from Luxor arrive safely at Grand Egyptian Museum

Artifacts from Luxor arrive safely at Grand Egyptian Museum

The committee responsible for the packaging and transfer of monuments from Luxor to the Grand Egyptian Museum are preparing the…
Charge-free photography inside Egyptian Museum ends Jan 7

Charge-free photography inside Egyptian Museum ends Jan 7

The Antiquities Ministry's decision to allow tourists to take pictures for free inside the Egyptian Museum, in place since December 1,…
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