Antiquities

Ancient Egypt

In Photos: 8 chambers discovered inside Sahure’s Pyramid in Abusir Necropolis

A joint Egyptian-German mission has made an unprecedented discovery of eight previously undocumented storage chambers – or magazines – within Sahure’s Pyramid in the Abusir Necropolis south of Giza.

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In Photos: 8 chambers discovered inside Sahure’s Pyramid in Abusir Necropolis

Edfu Temple's newly revamped reception hall unveiled in Aswan

In Photos: Free admission to restored aqueduct in Cairo Citadel this week

Zahi Hawass to promote tourism to Egypt in targeted European tour

Zahi Hawass urges UNECSO to help in repatriating Egyptian artiefacts from British Museum

Egypt participates in 13th Congress of Egyptology in the Netherlands

Karnak's open-air museum gets a tourist-friendly facelift: Ministry

Egypt's Bent Pyramid in Dahshur stands strong amidst rumours

Germany repatriates 40 illegally smuggled Ancient Egyptian statuettes to Egypt

Switzerland returns stolen Ramses II statue fragment to Egypt

Tetisheri - The last known pyramid for a queen in Ancient Egypt is back!

In Photos: Largest ever intact embalming workshop uncovered in Saqqara

Egypt denies sending sarcophagus lids to Israel for examination

Nefertiti: The beautiful Pharaoh who went from Egypt to Berlin

Human kissing documented in Ancient Egypt since at least 2500 BC: Study

Four archaeological sites in Aswan go cashless entry

Four smuggled Ancient Egyptian artefacts arrive home from Italy

Coptic

UNESCO delegation visits St. Catherine World Heritage Site, Great Transfiguration Project

Delegations from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and UNESCO Cairo Regional Office visited St. Catherine World Heritage Site and the ongoing Great Transfiguration Project in South Sinai.

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UNESCO delegation visits St. Catherine World Heritage Site, Great Transfiguration Project

Sharm El-Sheikh Museum to hold exhibit on Holy Family's journey in Egypt

Coptic heritage: The feast of the Epiphany

Egypt allocates EGP 41 million to develop facilities along Holy Family’s path

Egypt seeks to add Wadi Al-Natroun monasteries on UNESCO World Heritage List: Minister

Egypt's ministers of tourism, local development inspect renovation of Virgin Mary's Tree in Matareya

Levantine Foundation to hold a symposium in Cairo on Deir al-Serian's manuscripts

INTERVIEW: Let our Coptic icons shine again

INTERVIEW: Promoting the rediscovery of Egypt's Coptic era

St Catherine's Library and Mosaic of Transfiguration inaugurated after restoration

Hurghada airport officials foil attempt to smuggle 18th-century Coptic icon

Coptic tombstone unearthed at Sphinxes Avenue in Luxor

Metro station police foil security guard's attempt to steal artefact from Coptic Museum

Police arrested a man today at Mar Girgis metro station in Old Cairo, on suspicion of stealing an artefact from the Coptic ...

Medieval Coptic wall-paintings uncovered at Egyptian monastery

Exhibition commemorating Coptic 'Martyrs' inaugurated at Coptic Museum

St Eugene Church in Port Said put on heritage list

Islamic

In Photos: Restored Ottoman-era Suleiman Pasha Al-Khadim Mosque inaugurated

The Suleiman Pasha Al-Khadim Mosque, known as the Sariyat Al-Gabal Mosque, was officially inaugurated today after the completion of an architectural restoration.

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