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Benban’s solar program wins Global Award for Multilateral Project Finance Deal of Year
February 8, 2018
Benban’s solar program wins Global Award for Multilateral Project Finance Deal of Year
Egypt’s solar power complex Benban, located near Aswan, set to become the largest solar park in the world, won on Wednesday…
10 schools evacuated in Alexandria due to chlorine leakage
February 7, 2018
10 schools evacuated in Alexandria due to chlorine leakage
Alexandria Education Directorate evacuated students of 10 schools on Monday in al-Seyouf neighborhood due to the leakage of chlorine gas…
Facebook launches Marketplace platform in Egypt, Middle East
February 5, 2018
Facebook launches Marketplace platform in Egypt, Middle East
Social media site Facebook announced in a press statement that Egypt will be among the first countries in the Middle…
‘Screaming mummy’, two other artefacts to be displayed for first time at Egyptian Museum
February 5, 2018
‘Screaming mummy’, two other artefacts to be displayed for first time at Egyptian Museum
For the first time, the Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square will this week display a statue known as the screaming mummy,…
4,400 year-old tomb of top pharaoh official discovered in Egypt
February 3, 2018
4,400 year-old tomb of top pharaoh official discovered in Egypt
Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani announced on Saturday the discovery of a tomb likely to have belong to a high-ranking…
Archaeologists in Egypt begin radar scans for secret chamber in Tutankhamun’s tomb
February 2, 2018
Archaeologists in Egypt begin radar scans for secret chamber in Tutankhamun’s tomb
In 2015 a British Egyptologist said he found evidence of a hidden chamber behind King Tutankhamun’s lavish tomb. Archaeologists have…
AUC plans to become the 1st tobacco free university in Egypt by 2019
February 1, 2018
AUC plans to become the 1st tobacco free university in Egypt by 2019
On Tuesday, the American University in Cairo said it is implementing a new initiative this semester that will work on…
Three burial chambers engraved with hieroglyphics discovered in Giza
February 1, 2018
Three burial chambers engraved with hieroglyphics discovered in Giza
The antiquities ministry’s archaeological committee discovered on Thursday three burial wells carved into a rock containing funerary material, in Abu Sair,…
Three dolphins fly from Beirut to Hurghada on EgyptAir
January 31, 2018
Three dolphins fly from Beirut to Hurghada on EgyptAir
EgyptAir Cargo successfully transferred three live dolphins from Beirut to Hurghada on a cargo plane designed to safely transport highly-sensitive…
Photos: Antiquities minister inspects restoration work at Baron Palace
January 30, 2018
Photos: Antiquities minister inspects restoration work at Baron Palace
Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany inspected on Tuesday morning ongoing reconstruction work at the Baron Empain Palace in Heliopolis. The minister…