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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/19/2020 5:16:40 PM
The mission unearthed new burial shafts with colourful and intact coffins over 2,500 years old, and wooden coloured and gilded statuettes
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
10/6/2020 6:40:35 PM
Almost six dozen intact, sealed, and painted coffins were unveiled at the Saqqara Necropolis this week
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/3/2020 4:12:58 PM
All the unearthed coffins are in a very good conservation condition and still bear their original colours
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/1/2020 9:47:39 PM
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/22/2020 10:12:53 PM
A cachette of more than four dozen anthropoid wooden coffins will soon be unveiled at the Saqqara Necropolis
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/20/2020 1:05:43 PM
The coffins are 2,500 years old and still retain some of their original colours
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
9/6/2020 10:06:02 PM
The coffins are 2,500 years old and still retain some original colours
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
5/3/2020 4:51:34 PM
A new burial chamber has been discovered at the mummification workshop complex of the 26th Dynasty at Saqqara
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
4/21/2020 11:03:35 PM
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
3/10/2020 10:18:18 PM
After more than a dozen years of conservation work, the Djoser Step Pyramid at Saqqara is now open to visitors
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/5/2020 7:08:00 PM
The Step Pyramid, the first stone building in history and the oldest pyramid in the world, consists of six stacked terraces to a height of around 63 metres
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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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
11/26/2019 6:12:42 PM
Rare discoveries at the Saqqara Necropolis including mummified lion cubs and statuettes of crocodiles, cobras, mongooses, and dozens of cats shed light on the ancient Egyptian use of animals in worship, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/23/2019 2:26:23 PM
During a press conference, the antiquities minister said Saturday's was not the last discovery of the year, but that there will be another one next month before Christmas celebrations
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/12/2019 4:33:57 PM
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
4/13/2019 6:00:21 PM
The tomb of a Fifth Dynasty nobleman named Khuwy in Saqqara was discovered earlier this month
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
4/2/2019 2:50:12 PM
The mission discovered the name of the queen who the pyramid complex belonged to
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
2/11/2019 1:42:13 PM
The statue depicts a First Intermediate Period official named Nekaw-Ptah, according to the hieroglyphic inscription
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Multimedia
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12/15/2018 4:03:57 PM
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/15/2018 1:14:53 PM
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