Ancient Egypt

Much is known about the family of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, underlining his remarkable achievements, writes Zahi Hawass Zahi Hawass  The ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu was a great king, not only because he built the Great Pyramid at Giza, the largest of …

Nevine El-Aref- Ahram Online  Two Roman tombs have been uncovered during excavation work at Beer El-Shaghala site in Mut village in Dakhla Oasis. The walls of the two uncompleted tombs are painted in bright colours with religious scenes. Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, explains that the …

Ahram Online  Egypt has retrieved an ancient artefact illegally smuggled out of the country after being displayed at an auction hall in London, the antiquities ministry said. The piece, a cartouche of King Amenhotep I, was identified following observation of international auction websites, the ministry said in a statement on …

People all over the world are still inventing stories about the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx that sometimes border on madness, writes Zahi Hawass Zahi Hawass  Many people today believe that the Sphinx lies on top of evidence about lost civilisations but that the Egyptian authorities and archaeologists are purposefully hiding …

A collection of mud brick sarcophagi from the Roman period with the remains of mummies has been unearthed in Damietta Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online  During excavation work at Tel Al-Deir in Egypt’s Damietta, an Egyptian mission has uncovered a collection of cylindrical mud-brick sarcophagi painted in red. The sarcophagi are …

Egypt Independent  The American Archaeological Mission of the University of Chicago, which works in the archaeological area of ​​Tell Edfu in Aswan, has uncovered a fragment of a cylindrical column of limestone dating back to the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom. The discovered column is 165 …

2018 saw Egypt announce a flurry of astonishing new discoveries, archaeological events and exhibitions abroad this year, writes Nevine El-Aref Nevine El-Aref  This year has seen a wealth of new archaeological discoveries and the opening or re-opening of many attractions and facilities, among the most compelling being the discovery of a …

Archaeologist Monica Hanna, recently appointed head of the new Archaeology and Cultural Heritage School in Aswan, explains her dedication to Egypt’s collective cultural heritage to Dina Ezzat Dina Ezzat – Al-Ahram Weekly  Archaeologist Monica Hanna is in Cairo for two days before she heads back to Aswan where she heads the newly …

In the small town of Esna almost 50km south of Luxor stands the Esna Temple dedicated to the god of the Nile Khnum with its distinguished architecture and wall paintings, reports Nevine El-Aref. Nevine El-Aref – Al-Ahram Weekly  Its history goes back to prehistoric times, although Esna was first mentioned in the …

Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online  An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered an “exceptionally well-preserved” tomb belonging to a Fifth Dynasty royal priest at Saqqara, the antiquities ministry has said. The mission at the Sacred Animal Necropolis in Saqqara discovered the tomb of a royal purification priest named “Wahtye” from the reign …