Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has recently unearthed the foundation blocks of the Temple of the Sun at the open-air museum of Matariya, in Cairo’s Heliopolis. The uncovered foundations date back to the reign of the pharaoh Khufu. “For the first-time fragments of the Fourth Dynasty …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission at Bubastian Cemetery in Saqqara Necropolis unearthed a collection of 250 wooden painted coffins and 150 bronze statues of ancient Egyptian deities on Monday. Ancient Egyptian deities Bastet, Anubis, Osiris, Amunmeen, Isis, Nefertum, and Hathor are depicted in the statues. The …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has uncovered original reliefs and inscriptions on the walls and ceilings of the Temple of Esna near Luxor, where ongoing restoration works. The mission uncovered a distinguished relief at the top of the entrance gate of the temple. The relief depicts 46 …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered the remains of the Graeco-Roman Temple of Zeus Caseous in Tel Farama site in North Sinai on Monday. The site is located between the Peluzium Fort and the Tezkariya Church. Remains, made of mudbricks, were found on a 170cm tall …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission at Tabet Al-Motaweh area, West of Alexandria, uncovered a Graeco-Roman pottery workshop and a storage building on Monday. “A collection of kilns were discovered in the workshop which include two engraved in rocks”, Mostafa Waziri secretary-general of the Supreme Council of …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online After decades of lying beside the sacred lake at the Karnak Temple in Luxor, a team of Egyptian restorers and archaeologists succeeded in re-erecting the restored Hatshepsut’s obelisk on Saturday. The obelisk was carved from granite and originally erected at Karnak Temple, but a destructive …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online Five tombs belonging to senior officials from the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate eras were recently uncovered in excavations in the North-Eastern side of King Merenre Pyramid in Saqqara necropolis. On Thursday, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Enany and the Secretary General of the …
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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 …
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Egypt Today “A memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cultural heritage exchanges and cooperation was signed between the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) and the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities on 21 January”, the South Korean embassy in Cairo announced on Monday. The agreement consolidates future cooperation plans in all areas …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online As a part of ‘Temple Conservation Project’, An Egyptian-German mission directed by Hourig Sourouzian uncovered a collection of colossi limestone pieces at the temple of Amenhotep III in Luxor on Thursday. “Among the discovered blocks were a pair of gigantic limestone colossi of king Amenhotep …
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