Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received a collection of gigantic colossi from the Egyptian museum in Tahrir on Monday. The collection includes a pair of statues of the Ancient Egyptian gods Amun-Re and Mut, a red granite column of king Ramses II, a limestone statue …
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Ezzat Sameh – Ahram Online In a spectacular scene, the sun aligned this Tuesday morning on the statue of King Ramses II in the massive Abu Simbel temple in Aswan. The rare alignment was admired by hundreds of visitors. The sun rays aligned at exactly 6:20am and lasted for approximately 20 minutes. The unique celestial …
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Nevive al-Aref – Ahram Online Several Egyptian museums are celebrating Valentine’s Day by showcasing artefacts, some of which are being displayed for the first time highlighting the concept of love in ancient Egypt. The Alexandria National Museum is exhibiting the wedding invitation of king Farouk and queen Farida, which was …
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Egypt Independent A Czech archaeological mission from the Czech Institute of Egyptology discovered a cache of mummification materials in Abu Sir on Thursday. The discovery was made during excavations inside a group of burial wells dating back to the era of the 26th Dynasty. The location of this discovery is …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online As a part of ‘Temple Conservation Project’, An Egyptian-German mission directed by Hourig Sourouzian uncovered a collection of colossi limestone pieces at the temple of Amenhotep III in Luxor on Thursday. “Among the discovered blocks were a pair of gigantic limestone colossi of king Amenhotep …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online “An Egyptian archaeological mission unearthed the remains of an ancient mining workshop dating to Ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom in South Sinai”, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced on Monday. The edifice was unearthed in the Wadi Al-Nasab area in South Sinai, six kilometres West …
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Nevine al-Aref and Menna Alaa al-Din – Ahram Online The first-ever digital unwrapping of the mummy belonging to ancient Egyptian King Amenhotep I, has revealed the king’s facial features and details related to his mummification process and reburial. “Digital scanning was part of a scientific study published in ‘Frontiers in …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online “A German-Egyptian mission at Al-Sheikh Hamad archaeological site in Tel Atribis, Sohag has unearthed a collection of 13,000 ostraca, clay vessel fragments, bearing engraved text in demotic, hieratic, Coptic, Greek and Arabic”, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Wednesday. “This is a …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online “Archaeologists have unearthed two Saite era tombs containing human remains with golden tongues at El-Bahnasa archaeological site in the governorate of Minya, Upper Egypt”, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. The discovery was made during excavation work carried out by a Spanish …
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Egypt Today In a glittering ceremony in the City of Sun, Luxor, Egypt reopened the restored 3,000 years old ‘Avenue of Sphinxes’ on Thursday. It connects the Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple. The Pharaonic ‘Avenue of Sphinxes’ (Rams Road) is as an open-air museum. It has taken years of excavations …
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