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 …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online A collection of 100 intact 26th Dynasty anthropoid coffins, sealed and painted, were unearthed by an Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Saqqara Necropolis. The discovery includes golden funerary masks and a collection of 40 wooden statues of Saqqara goddess Ptah Soker, some of which …
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Egypt Independent An Egyptian archaeological mission unearthed an ancient tomb of a royal treasury supervisor named ‘Badi Est’, at the al-Ghuraifah area in Minya Governorate. Stone statues and other archaeological findings within indicated that the tomb was well-preserved. “The tomb consists of a burial well that is 10 metres deep, …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online Amulets and scarab figurines have been discovered in a newly unearthed sarcophagus of a high priest of the ancient Egyptian god Djehuty in the Al-Ghoreifa archaeological site in Minya, Upper Egypt. Upon opening the sarcophagus of Djehuty Imhotep, archaeologists discovered a collection of amulets and …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has embarked on a new project targeting the preservation of pulpits in archaeological mosques and protecting them against theft. The pulpits will be covered with transparent shields. The ministry took the first step by covering the pulpit of Sultan …
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Egypt Independent An excavation mission run by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities discovered a statue of a priest of the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor in the Mit Rahina area in Giza. The salvage excavation in the area began in July on a privately-owned plot of land, where officials suspected containing …
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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 …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online The Egyptian archaeological survey team, led by Mohammed Abd al-Badea, which has been documenting evidence of human activity from prehistoric times through modern periods. The team located an extensive number of mysterious openings cut high in a cliff inside the sacred valley South of the …
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Egypt Independent Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa al-Waziry announced on Wednesday, that 12 archaeological sites and museums in Cairo, Giza, Luxor and Aswan are ready to reopen for tourists. He said that the council, headed by Antiquities Minister Khaled Al-Anany, “has adopted preventive measures to allow …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online Antiquities mission of the New York University-ISAW at the Temple of Ramses II in Abydos, led by Sameh Iskander, discovered the temple’s foundation deposits during excavation work carried out at the site’s South-Western side. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said, …
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