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Museums celebrate online

Egypt celebrated this year’s International Museum Day online as a way of marking this important event despite restrictions associated with the coronavirus

The business of mummification

New studies show that mummification was not only an ancient Egyptian religious ritual, but a significant business proposition as well

Restarting tourism

Egypt is reopening hotels for domestic holidaymakers but is putting severe restrictions in place

New discoveries and studies from mummification workshop complex at Saqqara

A new burial chamber has been discovered at the mummification workshop complex of the 26th Dynasty at Saqqara

Four ram-headed sphinxes arrive at Tahrir Square for permanent exhibition following restoration

Two new discoveries

An ancient Egyptian 17th-Dynasty funerary collection and a set of rock engravings are new discoveries made this week, reports Nevine El-Aref

Ancient cave with distinguished engravings depicting scenes of animals discovered in Sinai

The cave is the first of its kind in the area of Wadi Al-Zulma in North Sinai

17 dynasty mummy in coffin discovered at Draa Abul Naga necropolis in Luxor

The mummy was that of a teenage girl

Egypt's tourism and antiquities ministry to launch new virtual tour of Funerary Complex of King Unas

The complex includes the valley temple, mortuary temple, causeway connecting them, and the pyramid

Egypt’s antiquities ministry to launch virtual tour of Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser on Wednesday

The Third Dynasty Step Pyramid complex of King Djoser (c 2667–2648 BC) is Egypt’s oldest pyramid

Egyptian antiquities ministry launches virtual tour of Tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep in Saqqara

Egypt celebrates World Heritage Day online owing to coronavirus

The World Heritage Day is held this year under the theme "Shared Cultures, Shared Heritage and Shared Responsibility."

Egypt to launch online guided video tours of museums

Foundation deposits and storerooms of Ramses II Temple in Abydos uncovered

Twelve sacrificial votive bulls’ heads and bones dated to the Ptolomaic period were found in niches cut into the walls of the storerooms

Egypt's tourism ministry launches virtual tour of Beni Hassan Necropaolis in Minya

The best-preserved tombs in Beni Hassan are those of Khnumhotep II, Amenemhat, Baqet III, and Kheti, the walls of which bear beautifully decorated colourful scenes

Egypt: Buffers for tourism amid coronavirus

Egypt has adopted a host of measures to mitigate the economic impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak on the tourism industry

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launching fourth virtual tour on Monday

Red Monastery in Sohag is today's tourism and antiquities ministry virtual tour

The tour is part of an initiative to bring ancient Egyptian civilisation to audiences worldwide who are staying at home in the fight against Covid-19

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launching second virtual tour on Saturday

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