Archaeology
26,800 people visited pyramids over weekend
January 31, 2016
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
January 29, 2016
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
January 23, 2016
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
January 20, 2016
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
January 18, 2016
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
January 16, 2016
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
January 16, 2016
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
January 10, 2016
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
January 6, 2016
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
January 4, 2016
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,…