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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/16/2024 9:05:00 AM
In a remarkable archaeological discovery, the Edfu Temple in Upper Egypt has revealed, for the first time, a new section of its original hieroglyphic inscriptions and coloured scenes, shedding new light on the religious practices of ancient Egyptian priests during the Ptolemaic period.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/8/2024 10:58:56 AM
Spanish archaeologists made a ground-breaking discovery of rock-hewn Ptolemaic and Roman tombs, mummies, coffins, golden masks and terracotta statues in the historic city of Al Bahnasa in the Minya governorate.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/28/2023 8:14:19 PM
Zahi Hawass describes the life and background of Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s last and most famous Ptolemaic queen
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/1/2022 4:40:48 PM
The Egyptian archaeological mission at the Garza archaeological site in Egypt's Fayoum city uncovered on Thursday a large funerary building/structure dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/3/2022 4:34:40 PM
The Dominican-Egyptian expedition led by Kathleen Martinez unearthed a monumental tunnel-aqueduct system and various royal busts and statues, potentially dating to the Graeco-Roman period, near the Ptolemaic-period Taposiris Magna temple in Borg El-Arab, west of the city of Alexandria on the Mediterranean.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/2/2022 9:04:58 PM
Hussein Bassir continues his series on the queens of the Ptolemaic period in Egypt, this week with Cleopatra VII, the most famous of them all
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
4/30/2022 5:43:00 PM
The Ptolemaic Dynasty that ruled Egypt between the first and fourth centuries CE had many powerful and famous queens.
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Antiquities
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Greco-Roman
1/5/2022 5:02:17 PM
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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Antiquities
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7/19/2021 1:35:59 PM
Ptolemaic Ship wrecks and a Greek cemetery were submerged in the sunken city
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
1/18/2021 5:54:45 PM
An Egyptian excavation mission has uncovered the remains of a Roman fort, an early Coptic church, and a Ptolemaic temple during excavation work carried out at Shiha Fort in Upper Egypt's Aswan.
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Antiquities
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9/29/2019 2:16:46 PM
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
4/5/2019 7:51:25 PM
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Antiquities
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Greco-Roman
2/13/2019 4:03:56 PM
A Ptolemaic workshop for boat construction and repair has been uncovered in the Sinai Peninsula
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
2/2/2019 2:33:03 PM
A maze of Ptolemaic burial chambers filled with more than 40 mummies, including men, women and children, was discovered at Tuna El-Gebel in Minya
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/30/2018 10:09:32 AM
The sarcophagus houses a mummy and dates back to the Ptolemaic era or the Late Period
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Travel
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10/21/2018 10:54:34 AM
Rania Khallaf travels back to the 18th century and beyond on a weekend trip to the historic Red Sea city of Qusseir
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/16/2018 2:44:14 PM
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
8/27/2018 1:43:01 PM
Ptolemaic rock-hewn tombs uncovered in Alexandria's western cemetery
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Antiquities
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Greco-Roman
7/1/2018 3:41:44 PM
A granite sarcophagus and a marble bust were found in a tomb during excavation work on private land in Alexandria
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/30/2018 11:05:39 AM
North America fell under the magic of the Ancient Egyptians this week, with two exhibitions being inaugurated in St Louis and Los Angeles, reports Nevine El-Aref
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