Ancient Egypt

Claire Malleson What was on the menu for the builders of the pyramids? And who was responsible for providing the supplies? How were the pyramids built?’ is one of most common questions I get when people learn that I am an Egyptologist. They expect answers about miraculous engineering feats, or …

Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online A number of mud brick Roman ovens and a large wall from the Egyptian Late Period, have been discovered at the Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor. During excavation work carried out at the Avenue of Sphinxes in the Nagaa Abu Asaba area in Luxor, an …

Angy Essam – Egypt Today Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Enany reopened Hurghada Museum on Friday. It was closed due to coronavirus spread. Enany announced, “the museum is ready to receive visitors and tourists soon, while following strict precautionary measures to ensure the safety of the museum’s employees, …

Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today German archaeologists have discovered a Roman statue of the ancient Egyptian deity Isis near the city of Krefeld in Germany. The discovered statue is about 8 centimetres in height and made of clay. “This is an unusual discovery from the Roman era in the Lower …

Mustafa Marie Moses’ Pharaoh has raised controversy among many researchers throughout history. Many believe he is Ramses II, while others believe he is Seti I. Recently, an initiative called “My Colorful Past” was launched. It uses the technology of facial recognition to reconstruct people’s faces. This project reconstructed the face …

Egypt Independent Christie’s auction house in London announced that it will be selling a group of Egyptian, Roman and other antiquities in an online auction being held from 2 to 16 June. The antiquities include an Egyptian canopic jar dating back to the 26th Egyptian Dynasty (664-525 BCE). The auction …

Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online An ancient cave decorated with distinctive engravings depicting scenes of animals has been discovered at Wadi Al-Zulma in ​​North Sinai. “The newly discovered cave is the first of its kind to be discovered in the area,” said Aymen Ashmawi, head of the ancient Egyptian antiquities …

Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online A 17th  dynasty anthropoid coffin containing a mummy, a mud-brick offering chapel and a pile of mixed materials from funerary equipment, have been unearthed by a Spanish-Egyptian archaeological mission in Draa Abul Naga necropolis on Luxor’s West Bank. Mission director, José Galán, explained that these …

Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), called on the world to “discover the wonderful Egyptian civilization through the electronic initiative launched by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, entitled Explore Egypt From Home”. In a tweet on Sunday, UNESCO praised the …

Egypt Today   Egypt launched a video guided tour of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), made by the Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities in cooperation with the Ministry of State for Information. The GEM will be the largest museum in the world dedicated to ancient Egyptian culture. The theme of …