Ancient Egypt

The ancient village of Shali in the Siwa Oasis is to be preserved for future generations to learn from and enjoy, reports Nevine El-Aref Nevine El-Aref – Al-Ahram Weekly For more than nine decades, the Siwa Oasis village of Shali has stood almost empty. Houses that were once buzzing with …

The legendary Baron Empain’s Palace in Heliopolis is to open to the public next year after its completed restoration, reports Nevine El-Aref.  Nevine El-Aref – Al-Ahram Weekly Twelve months ago, the legendary Baron Empain’s Palace on Orouba Street in Heliopolis, built in an Indian architectural style, was almost hidden under …

Hend El-Behary – Egypt Independent A joint expedition between the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities have discovered more than 800 tombs in Lisht village, southern Egypt dating back to 4000 years BC. According to the Ministry of Antiquities in a Facebook post, …

Hend El-Behary: In a bid to boost tourism, Egypt will open a 4,000 year old tomb in Saqqara, Giza to the public, for the first time since its discovery in 1940 – almost 80 years ago. The tomb was unearthed by Egyptian archaeologist Zaki Saad, and belonged to a great …

Many unusual stories relate to the discovery of the Pharaoh Khufu’s Solar Boat on the Pyramids Plateau in Giza, writes Zahi Hawass.  Egyptology is an exciting and rewarding field, and every discovery has a story behind it. The discovery of the Solar Boat of the Pharaoh Khufu in 1954 is one …

Egypt Independent: The joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission, headed by Frederic Gio, has uncovered one of the oldest known villages so far in the Delta region, dating back to the Neolithic era. The discovery was found during archaeological excavations in the Tel al-Samara, Dakahlia governorate. Chief of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector …

Alexandria – Egypt Independent (Al-Masry Al-Youm) Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced that an Egyptian archaeological mission on Sunday has uncovered a Ptolemaic dynasty cemetery west of Alexandria. Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri said that the ministry is conducting excavation work in the region through an archaeological mission, …

Spanish archaeologists have discovered a millennia-old mummy in “very good condition” near the southern Egyptian town of Luxor, the antiquities ministry said on Sunday. The find was in a tomb probably dating from between 1075-664 BC, on the west bank of the Nile river 700 kilometres (435 miles) south of …

By Abdallah Homouda The Egyptian city of Luxor will host the 104th Session of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Executive Council over three days, from 30 October to 1 November 2016. Tuesday, 1 November, will also mark the beginning of the two day Fifth Global Summit on City Tourism, with …

by Mariëtte Le Roux When Europe’s comet chaser was launched in 2004, it boasted the name of the famous Rosetta stone, which had helped decipher hieroglyphics, the mysterious written language of the ancient Egyptians. The moniker was chosen because Rosetta, the spacecraft, would also be a decoder — unravelling the …