Ancient Egypt

Cairo – Times of Egypt Cairo dazzled the world with the majestic ‘Pharaohs’ Golden Parade’ on Saturday evening. The ‘Golden Parade’ began at the Egyptian Museum in the Tahrir square, central Cairo, and made its way through the streets of the city till it reached the National Museum of Egyptian …

Ahram Online Major roads and bridges in Cairo will temporarily shut down on Saturday evening for the anticipated ‘Royal Egyptian Mummy Parade’. “Several roads will be shut down to vehicles and pedestrians on Saturday from 6pm to 8:30pm, including major entry points to the iconic Tahrir Square and its Sadat …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online “A new discovery at the site of Tel Ganub Qasr Al-‘Aguz, is perhaps the oldest archaeologically attested monastic site, not only in Egypt, but in the world”, said Victor Ghica, Professor in Antiquity and Early Christian Studies and the Head of the Norwegian-French archaeological mission. …

Egypt Independent Egyptian Ambassador to Canada Ahmed Abu-Zeid received a bronze statue of the ancient Egyptian goddess ‘Bastet’, during a small ceremony at the Ambassador’s residence on Tuesday. The ceremony was attended by senior officials from the departments of Heritage and Foreign Affairs, the Canadian Border Services Agency and correspondents from …

It is very rare to discover an intact ancient Egyptian tomb, this took place in 1998 with the discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian priest Iufaa at Abusir. Zahi Hawass The discovery of the tomb of ancient Egyptian priest Iufaa by a Czech archaeological mission, working at Abusir …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online In celebration of the ‘International Women’s Day’, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is displaying the statue of King Tutankhamun’s wet nurse Maia as its ‘March piece’. The statue is displayed in the foyer of the museum. It depicts the wet-nurse in a semi-squatting position, supporting …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online A CT-scan study of the mummy of King Seqenenre-Taa-II, whose death eventually helped the expulsion of Egypt’s invaders and reunited the kingdom, revealed new details about how the King died. The study by Zahi Hawass and Sahar Saleem was published on February 17th in ‘Frontiers …

Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online An American-Egyptian archaeological mission team, excavating in the northern part of Abydos archaeological site in Sohag, has uncovered evidence for what may be the world’s oldest industrial-scale beer production. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri said, “the brewery consists of at …

Ahram Online The Dominican-Egyptian archaeological mission from Santo Domingo University has uncovered several artefacts at the Taposiris Magna archaeological site in Alexandria on Friday. 16 catacombs were discovered inside the big necropolis, which was previously discovered. Mummies were covered with a layer of cartonnage bearing gold, while others had golden …

Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online A collection of 5,000 artefacts which had been illegally smuggled out Egypt have safely arrived back to the country on Wednesday. The artefacts were in the possession of the Museum of the Bible in Washington. Supervisor General of the Repatriation Department Shaaban Abdel-Gawad said, “diplomatic …