Ancient Egypt

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has recently unearthed the foundation blocks of the Temple of the Sun at the open-air museum of Matariya, in Cairo’s Heliopolis. The uncovered foundations date back to the reign of the pharaoh Khufu. “For the first-time fragments of the Fourth Dynasty …

Ahram Online Prosecutors from the US state of New York seized five Egyptian artefacts worth more than $3 Million from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The decision is part of an investigation into international trafficking involving the Louvre Museum in France. “The artefacts include a group of painted linen fragments …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission at Bubastian Cemetery in Saqqara Necropolis unearthed a collection of 250 wooden painted coffins and 150 bronze statues of ancient Egyptian deities on Monday. Ancient Egyptian deities Bastet, Anubis, Osiris, Amunmeen, Isis, Nefertum, and Hathor are depicted in the statues. The …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has uncovered original reliefs and inscriptions on the walls and ceilings of the Temple of Esna near Luxor, where ongoing restoration works. The mission uncovered a distinguished relief at the top of the entrance gate of the temple. The relief depicts 46 …

Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass inaugurated an exhibition of Pharoah boy King Tutankhamun’s replicas in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic, on Wednesday. The exhibition contains 1,000 replicas of the treasures of King Tutankhamun. Hawass gave a lecture on recent archaeological discoveries in …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered the remains of the Graeco-Roman Temple of Zeus Caseous in Tel Farama site in North Sinai on Monday. The site is located between the Peluzium Fort and the Tezkariya Church. Remains, made of mudbricks, were found on a 170cm tall …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission at Tabet Al-Motaweh area, West of Alexandria, uncovered a Graeco-Roman pottery workshop and a storage building on Monday. “A collection of kilns were discovered in the workshop which include two engraved in rocks”, Mostafa Waziri secretary-general of the Supreme Council of …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online After decades of lying beside the sacred lake at the Karnak Temple in Luxor, a team of Egyptian restorers and archaeologists succeeded in re-erecting the restored Hatshepsut’s obelisk on Saturday. The obelisk was carved from granite and originally erected at Karnak Temple, but a destructive …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online Five tombs belonging to senior officials from the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate eras were recently uncovered in excavations in the North-Eastern side of King Merenre Pyramid in Saqqara necropolis. On Thursday, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Enany and the Secretary General of the …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online The remains of a large administrative facility dating back to the First Intermediate Period were uncovered by an Austrian-Egyptian archaeological mission led by Eriny Foster this week in Kom Ombo, 45 km North of Aswan. The facility consists of many rooms, which contain cellars, staircases, …