A collection of 614 artefacts arrived safely at the Grand Egyptian Museum. Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online A collection of 614 artefacts were transported from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) by the pyramids on Monday. Osama Abu El-Kheir, general director of the …
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Egypt Independent The governorate of Luxor, starting from Sunday, November 4 until the end of the month, is celebrating the 96th anniversary for the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. The government celebrates November 4 as the national day of Luxor. Celebrations will include the opening of new archaeological projects, art …
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Restoration work on the Al-Zaher Baybars Masjid in Cairo has resumed after a seven-year hiatus, reports Nevine El-Aref Nevine El-Aref – Al-Ahram Weekly After a seven-year hiatus, the restoration project on the Al-Zaher Baybars Masjid in the Al-Daher district in Cairo has resumed, and this week Minister of Antiquities Khaled …
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Ahram Online A French-British archaeological mission from the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology and the UK’s Liverpool University have discovered ancient engravings alabaster quarries in Tel El-Amarna that could help reveal how ancient Egyptians managed to move stone blocks from alabaster quarries during the Khufu period. Dr Mostafa Waziri, the …
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Farah Tawfeek – Egypt Independent Egypt has sent hundreds of artefacts from the flooded ancient cities of Heraklion and Canopus to the US, to launch their exhibition in Minneapolis on Monday. The opening of the exhibition, titled “Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Enchanted World”, was witnessed by several Minneapolis Arts Institute …
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What can be learned from reading the autobiographical self-presentations of the ancient Egyptians, asks Hussein Bassir. *Hussein Bassir – Al-Ahram Weekly The writing of the non-royal self, or life-writing, is one of the most ancient literary practices through which individuals wished to express their identity and leave their fingerprints on …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online Two thousand visitors gathered in the Great Temple at Abu Simbel in Aswan at dawn on Monday to watch the sun’s rays illuminate the temple’s sculptures. The visitors included Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Khaled El-Anany, a group of other ministers, 26 foreign ambassadors and cultural …
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The recent discovery of the tomb of an ancient Egyptian princess from the Fifth Dynasty has opened a new chapter in the saga of the Abusir necropolis, says Nevine El-Aref Nevine El-Aref – Al-Ahram Weekly An archaeological mission from the Czech Institute of Egyptology at the Charles University in Prague, who …
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Nevine El-Aref- Al-Ahram Weekly Four years after its discovery in Deir El-Madina on Luxor’s west bank, it has been revealed that a unique tattooed 3,000-year-old mummy belonged to an elite woman or a top official. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, says the discovery is important because …
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The ancient Egyptian Temple of Dendur found a new home in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in recognition of US efforts to save monuments threatened by the construction of the Aswan High Dam, writes Zahi Hawass ZAHI HAWASS – Al-Ahram Weekly The Temple of Dendur, or Dendoor in …
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