Ancient Egypt

Egypt Today Visitors enjoyed the splendour of the great Egyptian antiquities with the enchanting harp melodies in the background at the ‘Ramses & The Gold of The Pharaohs’ exhibition in the American city of Houston. In the early days of its opening, the exhibition saw a huge turnout of visitors …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Enany inaugurated ‘Exalted Spirits: The Veneration of the Dead in Egypt through the Ages’ exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Tuesday. The exhibition, which will run till the 9 February 2022, is a partnership between the Ministry …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online The Egyptian-German mission has uncovered a collection of decorated blocks and fragments from the King Nactanebo I temple at the Matariya archaeological site in Heliopolis. The discovery was made several weeks ago during excavation works at the central area of the temple. The blocks and fragments …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online “An archaeological mission from Cairo University uncovered the tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, head of the treasury during the reign of King Ramses II, at excavations at the Saqqara necropolis”, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Saturday. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of …

Egypt Independent Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, announced; “the first phase of the restoration of the Great Hypostyle Hall in Karnak has been completed on Wednesday”. “The development work turned the hall into an architectural and artistic masterpiece, with its red, yellow, blue and green colours …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online Under the title ‘The Secrets of Gold’, Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, inaugurated a temporary exhibition at Luxor Museum highlighting the use of gold; in the fabrication of jewellery since ancient Egypt right through the Islamic era. The exhibition is …

Egypt Independent Belgium sent back Egypt two ancient Egyptian artefacts smuggled out of the country. The artefacts were received by the Egyptian ambassador to Belgium, Khaled al-Baqly, in attendance with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Labour Pierre-Yves Dermagne, on Saturday. The recovered artefacts include a coloured …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities began a restoration project of the granite column of Saraya al-Qubba garden. The garden is located opposite to the Saraya al-Qubba presidential palace in Cairo. The project is part of a scheme to decorate public space and gardens and restore …

Egypt Independent “Scientists have reconstructed the faces of three ancient Egyptian men using more than 2,000 years old DNA”, Newsweek, the American Magazine published. It is believed that this is the first-time modern technologies are used, based on human DNA in this era. The three analysed samples date between 2,023 …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a collection of ancient tools which were used in religious rituals from the Temple of the Pharaohs (Boto) in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate North of Cairo. The new discovery comes as part of archaeological excavations carried out by the Egyptian Supreme Council …