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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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online “Archaeologists have unearthed two Saite era tombs containing human remains with golden tongues at El-Bahnasa archaeological site in the governorate of Minya, Upper Egypt”, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. The discovery was made during excavation work carried out by a Spanish …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online The Egyptian-German mission has uncovered a collection of decorated blocks and fragments from the King Nactanebo I temple at the Matariya archaeological site in Heliopolis. The discovery was made several weeks ago during excavation works at the central area of the temple. The blocks and fragments …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online “An archaeological mission from Cairo University uncovered the tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, head of the treasury during the reign of King Ramses II, at excavations at the Saqqara necropolis”, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Saturday. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of …
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Mohamed Raouf Badran* This is Hussein Abdel-Rassoul. He was a water boy who helped Howard Carter and his team by running back and forth with pales of water to keep the members well quenched and hydrated. They were looking for the tomb of Tutankhamun. While he was moving about the …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online A collection of rock-carved tombs was uncovered in the Al-Hamidiyah necropolis, East of Sohag on Tuesday 11 May. The tombs were uncovered accidentally during an archaeological survey carried out at the necropolis to document the area. “The tombs have different architectural styles and are dug …
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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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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 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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