Nevine El-Aref- Ahram Online In an effort to enhance visitors’ experience at archaeological sites in Egypt, the Ministry of Antiquities has introduced a number of new services at the Giza Plateau; the home to the famed pyramids of Giza. The services in Giza include an information desk, sunshades, benches …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online A Swedish-Egyptian mission led by Maria Nilsson and John Ward from Lund University has discovered a New Kingdom sandstone workshop and several sculptures during excavations carried out at Gebel El-Silsila archaeological site in Aswan. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said …
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Nevine El-Aref enjoys a fascinating adventure up the rocky mountain of Serabit Al-Khadim in South Sinai to the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hathor Nevine El-Aref – Al-Ahram Weekly The ancient Egyptian Temple of Hathor, known as “the Lady of Turquoise Temple”, and the surrounding ancient mines are the only sightseeing …
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The Upper Egyptian Temple of Dendera has been developed into an open-air museum Nevine El-Aref – Al-Ahram Weekly Standing on the banks of the Nile in Upper Egypt is the grand Temple of Dendera, a fine example of the temples of the Graeco-Roman period. It is built mainly of …
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Egypt Independent The ancient Egyptian Temple of Esna’s western mud-brick wall partially collapsed on Wednesday due to leaking water, but caused no losses in the archaeological area in South Luxor, said Ayman Ashmawy, head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector. Ashmawy clarified that the wall overlooked a slum area consisting …
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The statue depicts a First Intermediate Period official named Nekaw-Ptah, according to the hieroglyphic inscription Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online Egyptian embassy in Amsterdam has received a limestone statue from the First Intermediate Period, which was stolen and smuggled out of the country in the 1990s. Shaaban Abdel Gawad, …
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Egypt Independent The first Egyptian-Chinese archaeological expedition began its work at the Monto Temple in the Karnak archaeological area of Luxor in order to renovate, develop and document the temple, said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Al-Waziry. During his tour at the temple, Waziry said …
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A maze of Ptolemaic burial chambers filled with more than 40 mummies, including men, women and children, was discovered at Tuna El-Gebel in Minya Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online As the sun warmed the air at Tuna El-Gebel necropolis in Minya governorate on Saturday morning, hundreds of media and …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered the third section of a Greaco-Roman winery and its store galleries surrounded by a mud brick wall at Abu Al-Matameer archaeological site in Beheira governorate. Adjacent is a residential settlement that was once used by the winery employees. Mostafa …
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Tombs from the Second Intermediate Period and 20 burials from the Naqada II era have been uncovered in Kom Al-Khelgan area in the Nile Delta Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online During excavation work carried out by an Egyptian mission in Kom El-Khelgan area in the Nile Delta, collections of …
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