archaeology

Zahi Hawass says Nefertiti’s tomb could be discovered in ‘a matter of weeks’
Egypt

Zahi Hawass says Nefertiti’s tomb could be discovered in ‘a matter of weeks’

Prominent Egyptologist and former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass told leading UK news outlet Express.co.uk that he hopes to discover…
Photos: Cache of mummified animals, including big cats, found in Saqqara
Archaeology

Photos: Cache of mummified animals, including big cats, found in Saqqara

Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany announced on Saturday that an Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a unique cache of mummified…
Hurghada Museum finally opens in December
Culture

Hurghada Museum finally opens in December

The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri announced on Saturday that a new museum in Hurghada will…
Photos: Egypt opens Old Kingdom tombs Idu, Qar for visitation
Archaeology

Photos: Egypt opens Old Kingdom tombs Idu, Qar for visitation

Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry on Monday opened the Idu and Qar tombs in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza following the completion…
Antiquities Ministry inaugurates 12th International Conference of Egyptologists
Archaeology

Antiquities Ministry inaugurates 12th International Conference of Egyptologists

Under the foot of the Pyramids of Giza, as harp melodies played, the Antiquities Ministry on Sunday celebrated the inauguration…
Photos| Police arrests gang in possession of pharaonic figurines, sarcophagus
Archaeology

Photos| Police arrests gang in possession of pharaonic figurines, sarcophagus

Egypt’s Interior Ministry forces arrested members of a gang including 22 suspects specialized in illegal excavations of antiquities. The suspects…
Zahi Hawass pays a visit to Italy’s Noto to lecture on excavations
Archaeology

Zahi Hawass pays a visit to Italy’s Noto to lecture on excavations

Egyptologist Zahi Hawass visited Italy’s Noto on Saturday, giving a lecture on Egyptian antiquities and revealing details about recent excavations…
‘Mudlarks’ unearth the past on London’s riverbanks
World

‘Mudlarks’ unearth the past on London’s riverbanks

Treading her way along the muddy banks of the River Thames, Lara Maiklem spots a 16th-century clothespin which she wipes…
Coincidence leads to discovery of 20 archaeological sites in Alexandria
Archaeology

Coincidence leads to discovery of 20 archaeological sites in Alexandria

Egyptian authorities have unintentionally discovered several historical monuments dating back to the Greco-Roman and Ptolemaic era in roughly 20 archaeological…
Zahi Hawass billboard in Times Square promotes tourism to Egypt
Egypt

Zahi Hawass billboard in Times Square promotes tourism to Egypt

Photos of the iconic Egyptian Egyptologist and former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass will appear in one of the world’s…
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