Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission affiliated with the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on Wednesday, the discovery of 83 graves during archaeological excavations in the Om El-Khelgan region in Daqahliya governorate in the Nile Delta. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said “the graves date …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled el-Enany announced the discovery of a communal tombs for high priests at the Al-Ghoreifa area of Tuna El-Gabal archaeological site in Minya, marking it the first archaeological discovery by the ministry this year. The communal tombs were …
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Angy Essam – Egypt Today An Egyptian archaeological mission working in Sohag, discovered five ancient limestone blocks of different sizes. Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri, said that the uncovered blocks were transferred to the recently discovered Ptolemy IV Temple, located in El-Souq area of the same …
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Mira Maged – Egypt Independent The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri announced that the Pyramid of Djoser, one of Egypt’s oldest pyramids, is set to open in the first quarter of 2020, following the finalisation of the restoration work. This step comes as part of the Ministry …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online Despite the current heat wave in Egypt, local and international journalists and photographers flocked to the Giza Plateau on Saturday to witness the announcement by Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany of the discovery of an Old Kingdom cemetery. El-Enany said that the announcement of the …
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Mira Maged – Egypt Independent An Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission excavating at the Aga Khan Mausoleum on Aswan’s west bank have unearthed a rock-cut tomb of someone called “Tjt”, dating back to the Greco-Roman era; said an official statement by the Ministry of antiquities. Mostafa Waziri, General Secretary of the …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online An exceptionally well-painted Ptolemaic-era tomb of a nobleman called Toutou and his wife, a musician, was discovered at Al-Dayabat archaeological site in Sohag governorate on Friday. The tomb was accidentally discovered when the Tourism and Antiquities Police arrested a gang who were carrying out illegal …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered the tomb of a Fifth Dynasty dignitary named Khuwy during an excavation and documentation survey carried out in south Saqqara, and has also discovered the name of the queen to whom a pyramid complex in the area belonged. …
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A new discovery will change, for the first time, the plan of the temple which was discovered more than 160 years ago, said the secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online Excavation work carried out in Ramses II’s temple in Abydos, Sohag, has …
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The Getty Conservation Institute has orchestrated the most important archaeological project ever carried out in Egypt in its conservation of the tomb of Tutankhamun Zahi Hawass When the tomb of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who died at the age of 19, was discovered in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter, the …
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