Ahram Online The United Arab Emirates has returned to Egypt, 425 rare artefacts, dating to various eras of ancient Egypt, Emirati state news agency WAM reported on Sunday. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammed Al Qasimi, the Ruler of Sharjah, decided to return the artefacts in a gesture of “appreciation to Egypt. …
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Egypt Today Tourists visiting Luxor witnessed a rare phenomenon, when sunlight illuminates the sanctuary area of Deir el-Bahari minority on Monday. The sanctuary was built by Queen Hatshepsut in the historic Qurna Mountain on the western mainland of Luxor. Ayman Abu Zaid, head of the Egyptian Society for Tourism and …
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Egyptianstreets Chair of the Arab Regional Center for World Heritage, Shaikha Mai bint Mohammad Al Khalifa, has condemned the transfer of antiquities from Luxor’s temple to be resettled in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. In a statement shared with local news outlet Cairo24, Al Khalifa’s said that “any amendment to a site …
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Mira Maged – Egypt Independent The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri announced that the Pyramid of Djoser, one of Egypt’s oldest pyramids, is set to open in the first quarter of 2020, following the finalisation of the restoration work. This step comes as part of the Ministry …
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Egypt Today Misr Company for Sound, Light and Tourism Development, in coordination with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities will light up the Pyramids and Sphinx in celebration of New Year’s Eve. Mohamed Abdel Aziz, chairman of the board of directors of the Sound and Light Company told Egypt Today …
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Egypt Independent Thousands of tourists and the governor of Luxor on Sunday witnessed a sun alignment at the Temple of Amun-Ra in Karnak; an annual phenomenon that marked the start of winter in ancient Egypt. The director of Luxor’s Tourist Development Authority Hassan Jilani said that the phenomenon usually takes …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online A large part of a granodiorite colossus of a standing falcon-headed god Horus was unearthed, during excavations carried out at the Funerary Temple of king Amenhotep III, by an Egyptian-German archaeological mission led by Horig Sourouzian. Sourouzian said the statue is missing the legs, and …
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Ahram Online An Egyptian Archaeological Mission has uncovered a small royal statue of a sphinx in Tuna El-Gebel archaeological area in the Minya governorate, Upper Egypt. Director General of the Middle Egypt Antiquities region Gamal El-Samastawy said that “the statue measures about 35 cm in height and 55cm in width, …
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Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today A number of researchers and archaeologists conducted a study on the waxy head cones that the ancient Egyptians wore. Mysterious headdresses often appear in ancient art dating back to 3550-2000 BC. Archaeologists explained earlier that none of these helmets were found; hence, unearthing two headdresses …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Ministry of Antiquities has unearthed a red granite royal bust of King Ramses II emblazoned with the “Ka,” a symbol of power, life force and spirit. The discovery was made during excavations on privately owned land in Mit Rahina …
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