Tag Archives: Egyptian Artefacts

Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online Few hours before the official opening of the ‘Kings of the Sun’ exhibition in the Czech Republiccapital Prague, Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled el-Enany embarked on an inspection tour at the exhibition. The tour was followed by a press conference at the ‘Prague …

Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online Around 20 items, from the ‘Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh’ exhibition’s 166 pieces, will be displayed at Hurghada Museum and Sharm El-Sheikh Museum. The exhibition has been touring abroad for the past two years. Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and the …

Angy Essam – Egypt Today As The Cairo’s Royal Chariots Museum is nearing inauguration, Braille cards explaining the story of all exhibits, for the visually impaired. An explanatory map of the museum halls will be available at the entrance, paved corridors and ramps were constructed to facilitate the movement of …

Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today Archaeologists of the Supreme Council of Antiquities have unearthed a number of carved stone blocks and statues, during rescue excavations that the council started on a private land, about 2 km southeast of Mit-Rahina. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said …

Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online A number of mud brick Roman ovens and a large wall from the Egyptian Late Period, have been discovered at the Avenue of Sphinxes in Luxor. During excavation work carried out at the Avenue of Sphinxes in the Nagaa Abu Asaba area in Luxor, an …

Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today German archaeologists have discovered a Roman statue of the ancient Egyptian deity Isis near the city of Krefeld in Germany. The discovered statue is about 8 centimetres in height and made of clay. “This is an unusual discovery from the Roman era in the Lower …

Egypt Independent Christie’s auction house in London announced that it will be selling a group of Egyptian, Roman and other antiquities in an online auction being held from 2 to 16 June. The antiquities include an Egyptian canopic jar dating back to the 26th Egyptian Dynasty (664-525 BCE). The auction …

Egypt Independent   “Egypt’s House of Representatives approved amendments in its Monday plenary session. The amendments relate to two articles of the Antiquities Protection Law No. 117 of 1983, in connection with trespassing into archaeological sites and committing inappropriate acts”, a statement by the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said. The …

Cairo – Times of Egypt   Cairo is preparing for a majestic procession parading up to 22 royal mummies, belonging to the kings and queens of ancient Egypt to their new home at National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC). The event is scheduled to take place at the end of …

Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today   An Israeli newspaper revealed that an Israeli national discovered a piece of Egyptian artefact spanning back to over 3,000 years. The artefact is shaped as an anchor bearing the image of the writing and documenting ancient Egyptian goddess; Seshat. The newspaper reported that experts …