An Egyptian archaeological mission has made a significant discovery in Marsa Matrouh city, uncovering an ancient Roman necropolis at the Umm al-Rakham site.
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Greek president Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, accompanied by the Greek Minister of Culture, the Ambassador of Greece to Cairo, the Consul General of Greece in Alexandria, the Greek Cultural Attaché, members of the Onassis Greek Association, and several prominent Greek figures.
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Egyptian artefacts will be displayed as part of the Africa & Byzantium exhibition on its second stop in the US on Sunday at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio.
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Restoration work has commenced at the residential area and necropolis in the Marina Alamein archaeological site in Alexandria ahead of its imminent opening to the public, according to the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)
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Ahram Online spoke to a number of prominent Egyptian archeologists and historians about the ongoing controversy surrounding Queen Cleopatra’s ethnicity and race that erupted following the release of a trailer for the upcoming Netflix docuseries.
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A newly discovered marble statue of the Buddha at a temple in Berenike on the red sea shows a connection between Egypt and India during the Roman Empire.
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The Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission from Barcelona University uncovered 22 tombs from the Persian, Roman and Coptic periods during excavation work carried out at the Al-Bahnasa archaeological site in the upper Egyptian governorate of Minya.
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The UK government Monday stressed the British Museum is legally forbidden from breaking up its vast collection, after a report said it could possibly hand the Parthenon Marbles back to Greece.
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The British Museum and the Greek prime minister are in the "advanced stage" of "secret talks" over the "possible return" of the Parthenon Marbles, local media reported on Saturday.
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During archaeological excavations carried out at Tabet Al-Motaweh area, west of Alexandria, an Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered a Graeco-Roman pottery workshop and a storage building.
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The archaeological unit at Cairo International Airport — in cooperation with the Cairo Airport Police — seized earlier in the week ten Graeco-Roman and Byzantine coins along with a metal Coptic cross in the possession of a passenger.
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The joint Egyptian-Italian mission working in the vicinity of the Mausoleum of Aga Khan, west of Aswan, uncovered a Greco-Roman rock-cut tomb during work carried out during the last archaeological season.
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A chandelier and nine gold and metal coins from the Byzantine and Ptolemaic periods were seized at the Cairo International Airport before being smuggled abroad on Tuesday.
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A collection of amphoras and lamps from the Byzantine era have been uncovered over the past month under the Tawfiq Andraos palace.
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This area was used as a transit area for travellers, visitors and trade merchants
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The 13th-century edifice, called 'Shali' or 'home' in the local Siwi language, was built by Berber populations atop a hill in the pristine Siwa oasis, some 600 kilometres (370 miles) southwest of Cairo
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The remains of a vast residential settlement and a well-preserved Roman mosaic floor have been unearthed in Alexandria,
reports Nevine El-Aref
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The find at Kom El-Dikka confirms the popularity of ornate design between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD in Roman Alexandria
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