Tag Archives: Egyptian Antiquities

Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass inaugurated an exhibition of Pharoah boy King Tutankhamun’s replicas in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic, on Wednesday. The exhibition contains 1,000 replicas of the treasures of King Tutankhamun. Hawass gave a lecture on recent archaeological discoveries in …

Egypt Today Director of the Louvre Museum in Paris Laurence des Cars and a French delegation toured the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat on Saturday. Director of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Sabah Abdel Razek accompanied des Cars in a tour of …

Nevive al-Aref – Ahram Online Several Egyptian museums are celebrating Valentine’s Day by showcasing artefacts, some of which are being displayed for the first time highlighting the concept of love in ancient Egypt. The Alexandria National Museum is exhibiting the wedding invitation of king Farouk and queen Farida, which was …

Egypt Independent A Czech archaeological mission from the Czech Institute of Egyptology discovered a cache of mummification materials in Abu Sir on Thursday. The discovery was made during excavations inside a group of burial wells dating back to the era of the 26th Dynasty. The location of this discovery is …

Egypt Today The National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) launched, Tuesday, a summer training programme dubbed ‘NMEC Summer School’. The training programme is tailored for students and graduates of the faculties of archaeology with its various departments including Egyptian antiquities, Islamic antiquities, and restoration. The program provides archaeology students with …

Egypt Today An Egyptian archaeological mission working in the area of Tel Kom Aziza in Al-Beheira Governorate discovered (West of the delta), Wednesday. The remains of a huge pottery workshop, date back to the Greco-Roman era. “This workshop consists of buildings dating back to the period between the third century …

The majority of the objects on view come from Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, which houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities outside of Egypt. Ahram Online The Queens of Egypt are ready to rule the Canadian Museum of History exhibition opening on Saturday 5 June and running until 22 …

Egypt Independent An Egyptian mummy previously believed to be of a priest has turned out to be a pregnant woman. The surprise discovery, the first of its kind anywhere in the world, was made by Polish scientists at the Warsaw Mummy Project. The team, who have been examining human and animal …

Ahram Online “Egypt retrieved two smuggled artefacts dating back to the Greek and Roman eras from Italy amid ongoing efforts to recover stolen artefacts from other countries”, a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs read on Thursday. “Egyptian Ambassador to Rome Hisham Badr received the two artefacts from the …

Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online A collection of 110 tombs from the Boto I and II, Naqada III, and the Second Intermediate Period eras, have been uncovered in Kom Al-Khelgan in the Daqahliya governorate in the Nile Delta. “68 of these tombs date back to the Boto I and II …