archaeology
Egypt to investigate Christie’s auctioning of Tutankhamun bust
Archaeology
June 8, 2019
Egypt to investigate Christie’s auctioning of Tutankhamun bust
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said on Saturday it would address Christie’s auction house in London regarding their auctioning of a 3,000-year-old…
Digital Giza Project: an online scholar’s gate into Egypt’s ancient history
Archaeology
June 6, 2019
Digital Giza Project: an online scholar’s gate into Egypt’s ancient history
The Digital Giza project is a portrait of the considerable efforts devoted to Egypt by modern scholars from Harvard and…
Egyptian Grand Museum receives 181 artifacts from Tahrir Museum
Archaeology
June 1, 2019
Egyptian Grand Museum receives 181 artifacts from Tahrir Museum
The Egyptian Grand Museum received 181 artifacts from the Tahrir Museum on Thursday amid high security measures from the Tourism…
Luxor authorities remove resident violations on Kebash road
Egypt
May 29, 2019
Luxor authorities remove resident violations on Kebash road
Luxor’s executive authorities launched a campaign on Tuesday to remove numerous violations on the governorate’s main roads, particularly the Kebash…
Polish archeologists claim discovery of oldest church in Egypt
Archaeology
May 28, 2019
Polish archeologists claim discovery of oldest church in Egypt
A church dating back to the fourth century has been unearthed near Alexandria by polish archeologists who claim that it…
Egypt’s archaeological mission discovers cemetery dated to the fifth dynasty
Archaeology
May 5, 2019
Egypt’s archaeological mission discovers cemetery dated to the fifth dynasty
Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anany announced that the Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a cemetery dated to the fifth…
Surprise! The world’s oldest mummies are not in Egypt
Archaeology
May 3, 2019
Surprise! The world’s oldest mummies are not in Egypt
Arica, Chile (CNN) — The first humans known to have mummified their dead did so in a rather improbable spot:…
Man throws stones at visitors from top of Khufu pyramid
Egypt
May 1, 2019
Man throws stones at visitors from top of Khufu pyramid
A young man ascended to the top of Khufu pyramid this morning and threw stones at visitors in the archaeological…
Egyptian-Italian archeological mission unearths Greco-Roman tomb in Aswan
Archaeology
April 23, 2019
Egyptian-Italian archeological mission unearths Greco-Roman tomb in Aswan
An Egyptian-Italian archeological mission excavating at the Aga Khan Mausoleum on Aswan’s west bank have unearthed a rock-cut tomb of…
Mass graves from Franco era become Spanish election issue
World
April 18, 2019
Mass graves from Franco era become Spanish election issue
PATERNA, Spain (AP) — When archaeologists in Spain unearthed layers of human bones from a mass grave last year, the…