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Video: King Khufu’s first boat installed safely at GEM
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August 9, 2021
Video: King Khufu’s first boat installed safely at GEM
The Grand Egyptian Museum has succeeded in installing the metal structure containing the first boat of King Khufu in its…
Cairo selected as best travel destination in Africa
Egypt
March 12, 2021
Cairo selected as best travel destination in Africa
Cairo was ranked as Africa’s number one travel destination, and among the top 15 destinations in the world in March,…
Photos – Giza Plateau massive development: Cable car, electric transportation, and heliport
Egypt
November 4, 2020
Photos – Giza Plateau massive development: Cable car, electric transportation, and heliport
In the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Egypt’s Giza Plateau development project is showing no signs of slowing. The…
Photos: Nine Pyramids Lounge receives its first tourist groups
Egypt
October 22, 2020
Photos: Nine Pyramids Lounge receives its first tourist groups
Two days after its inauguration, the Giza Pyramids area’s first restaurant, Nine Pyramids Lounge, received its first tourist groups, according…
Egypt’s Sound and Light Company releases new show schedule, offers shows in different foreign languages
Culture
September 25, 2020
Egypt’s Sound and Light Company releases new show schedule, offers shows in different foreign languages
The Egypt Sound and Light Company on Thursday announced an amended schedule for their sound and light shows, as well…
Egypt cuts highways across pyramids plateau, alarming conservationists
Egypt
September 16, 2020
Egypt cuts highways across pyramids plateau, alarming conservationists
MEMPHIS, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt is building two highways across the pyramids plateau outside Cairo, reviving and expanding a project…
Zahi Hawass responds to Elon Musk’s claim that aliens built the Egyptian pyramids
Archaeology
August 4, 2020
Zahi Hawass responds to Elon Musk’s claim that aliens built the Egyptian pyramids
Egyptian former Minister of Antiquities and renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass responded to claims made by Elon Musk regarding the origins of…
Egypt’s former grand mufti responds to critique by Zahi Hawass
Egypt
April 28, 2020
Egypt’s former grand mufti responds to critique by Zahi Hawass
Ali Gomaa, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars of Al-Azhar and the former Grand Mufti of Egypt, issued…
Zahi Hawass refutes former Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa’s Prophet Idris theory
Archaeology
April 27, 2020
Zahi Hawass refutes former Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa’s Prophet Idris theory
Egyptologist and former Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass criticized a statement by Egypt’s former Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa claiming that Prophet…
Team excavates first Roman catacomb tomb discovered in Saqqara
Archaeology
November 5, 2019
Team excavates first Roman catacomb tomb discovered in Saqqara
A joint Egyptian-Japanese archaeological mission in north Saqqara headed by Nozomu Kawai of Kanazawa University and Waseda University in Japan…