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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/25/2023 6:31:00 PM
Excavation work carried out by an American mission from New York University at the temple of Ramses II in Abydos has stumbled upon a menagerie of mummified animals that provides previously undocumented evidence of cultic worship through the ages.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
1/31/2023 9:51:50 PM
The mummy of a golden boy, the remains of a Roman city, and the tomb of a keeper of secrets were among the archaeological discoveries made in Egypt last week, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
1/24/2023 2:02:18 PM
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/24/2023 1:25:59 PM
Computed tomography (CT) scans and 3D printing have revealed the secrets of the 2,300-year-old “Mummy of the Golden Boy,” enabling it to be displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir for the first time in more than a century.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/4/2022 7:15:59 PM
The newly re-restored Carter House on the West Bank in Luxor reopened on Friday to mark the centenary of the greatest archaeological find ever made: the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb by British Egyptologist Howard Carter (1874–1939) and his team on this day in 1922.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
1/11/2022 10:11:51 PM
The use of new technology as part of the Egyptian Royal Mummy Project is revealing the secrets of the ancient Egyptian royal mummies, writes Zahi Hawass
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/28/2021 2:25:14 PM
The first-ever digital unwrapping of a mummy, which was conducted on ancient Egyptian King Amenhotep I, has revealed for the first time the king’s facial features as well as details related to his mummification process and reburial.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
5/5/2021 9:58:00 AM
A pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy discovered by Polish archaeologists is not the first of its kind
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Egypt
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Politics
4/5/2021 6:09:49 PM
The Ministry of Tourism and the veterinary directorate in Western Cairo had asked the groups to deal with the stray dogs in the square before the parade
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Egypt
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Politics
4/1/2021 10:11:28 PM
Twenty-two royal Egyptian mummies are set to be transferred to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in a much-awaited parade in the streets of Cairo on 3 April
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Egypt
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Politics
3/18/2021 10:51:58 PM
The royal procession will take spectators back to the ancient Egyptian period, when kings and queens were transported to their tombs towards eternity
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
2/21/2021 11:11:18 AM
The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 43rd Academy Awards in 1971 but was not nominated
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
2/17/2021 11:47:12 AM
King Seqenenre-Taa-II was killed while fighting Egypt’s invaders and his embalmers had skillfully concealed some head wounds
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
2/9/2021 9:37:13 PM
A mummy with a golden tongue was found at the Taposiris Magna Temple in Alexandria this week
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
12/13/2020 11:25:19 AM
Could an almost forgotten mummy in the Egyptian Museum be the mummy of the ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut, asks Zahi Hawass
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
7/17/2020 3:47:56 PM
The Egyptian princess died of a heart attack 3,000 years ago, the scans reveal
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
4/24/2020 2:22:41 PM
The mummy was that of a teenage girl
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/23/2020 7:01:00 PM
In a paper published Thursday by the journal Scientific Reports, the authors say the technique allowed them to produce a single sound - somewhere between the vowels in `bed' and `bad'
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/7/2019 3:59:48 PM
In 2018, Archaeology Magazine selected the Saqqara mummy workshop as one of 2018's top 10 discoveries
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Opinion
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8/25/2019 1:20:10 PM
Zahi Hawass describes the discovery of the mummy of the ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut in the Valley of the Kings
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